CDR: Re: Florida Electoral defection threat!
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Wed Nov 15 09:37:58 PST 2000
No, if Bush won Florida but not Utah, he'd have
246+25=271, not 270 e.v.
If one elector defected, Bush would win, if two electors defected,
Bush would win (in House), if three electors defected, Gore would win.
-Declan
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 11:16:38AM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote:
> Do the numbers:
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> The electoral college standings are currently:
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> Bush: 246
> Gore: 255
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> Undecided states:
> Florida 25
> New Mexico 5
> Oregon 7
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> Total 538
>
> If Bush gets Florida, but not OR & NM, he gets 270 votes,
> and Gore gets 268.
>
> One Bush elector defecting puts both at 269, a dead heat.
>
> Peter Trei
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