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To: mondoman
If I am not mistaken, Maine has a system where the electoral vote is predicated upon how the presidential candidate does in each of their congressional districts. This resulted in Bush / Cheney receiving the eclectoral votes of one district and the Sore / Loserman team receiving the votes from the other in the 2000 election.

Can someone from Maine confirm this?

12 posted on 07/31/2004 6:22:43 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Tell Osama I'm Coming, and Hell's coming with me!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Since the Electoral College allocates each state’s votes (except Maine and Nebraska) in a winner-take-all method, there is no reason for a candidate to campaign in a state that already favors them or their opponent.

http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:Too4I7tqBP8J:www.fairvote.org/e_college/problems.htm+electoral+vote+winner+take+all+maine&hl=en


19 posted on 07/31/2004 6:29:09 AM PDT by dennisw (Once is Happenstance. Twice is Coincidence. The third time is Enemy action. - Ian Fleming)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Maine went 4-0 in 2000, but it was very close. Maine often goes 3-1.


84 posted on 07/31/2004 5:16:19 PM PDT by AmishDude
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