Electoral college lining up for McCain
Evans and Novak have put their heads together and come of with a projection of how the Electoral College would probably turn out if the election were held today.
The result: 270 votes for president-elect John McCain, and 268 votes for Sen. Barack Obama.
Their state-by-state commentary and electoral map can be found here.
Of course, the polls also indicate that if the election were held today, 100% of the voters would be very much surprised!
HT: John Patrick Yob
The result: 270 votes for president-elect John McCain, and 268 votes for Sen. Barack Obama.
Their state-by-state commentary and electoral map can be found here.
Of course, the polls also indicate that if the election were held today, 100% of the voters would be very much surprised!
HT: John Patrick Yob
Comments
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).
The major shortcoming of the current system of electing the President is that presidential candidates have no reason to poll, visit, advertise, organize, campaign, or worry about the voter concerns in states where they are safely ahead or hopelessly behind. The reason for this is the winner-take-all rule which awards all of a state's electoral votes to the candidate who gets the most votes in each separate state. Because of this rule, candidates concentrate their attention on a handful of closely divided "battleground" states. Two-thirds of the visits and money are focused in just six states; 88% on 9 states, and 99% of the money goes to just 16 states. Two-thirds of the states and people are merely spectators to the presidential election.
Another shortcoming of the current system is that a candidate can win the Presidency without winning the most popular votes nationwide.
The National Popular Vote bill has been approved by 18 legislative chambers (one house in Colorado, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Washington, and two houses in Maryland, Illinois, Hawaii, California, and Vermont). It has been enacted into law in Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These states have 50 (19%) of the 270 electoral votes needed to bring the law into effect.
See http://www.NationalPopularVote.com