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:
> 
> The electoral college standings are currently:
> 
> Bush: 246
> Gore: 255
> 
> Undecided states:
> Florida 25
> New Mexico 5
> Oregon 7
> 
> 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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