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Obama, for the win. (pg. 152)
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| Frenchie |
| CBS has McCain 100/ Obama 174 |
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| Sushipunk |
| Ok, so that's 174 out of... how many? What do those numbers mean? Again, please forgive my ignorance :p |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Ok, so that's 174 out of... how many? What do those numbers mean? Again, please forgive my ignorance :p |
they need 270 to win. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Ok, so that's 174 out of... how many? What do those numbers mean? Again, please forgive my ignorance :p |
The American election is not won by popular vote. It's won by whoever has the most electoral votes. Each state is assigned a number of votes based on population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html
It's funny because this system was created before the Civil War as a compromise between slave and free states. |
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| Sushipunk |
| Ok cool. Thanks guys :) |
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| Frenchie |
| McCain had 49% of the popular vote and Obama has 50%. I hope that 1% went to Morgan Freeman. |
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| Fledz |
I don't like that system.
Is NY missing from there? It has like 30 votes. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
I don't like that system.
Is NY missing from there? It has like 30 votes. |
there's a big 31 right on NY....lol |
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| Fledz |
| Oh loool, I didn't look that far north well enough :wtf: |
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| verndogs |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
I don't like that system.
Is NY missing from there? It has like 30 votes. |
9:00:00 PM polls in NY close
9:00:01 PM - everyone can project NY votes for obama :p |
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| Frenchie |
no McCain has 124.
Obama just won New Mexico! The Aliens rejoice! |
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