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To: bert

The map I posted is an old map. Here’s the new map.

http://migopprimary.com/map.asp

Mitt should be proud, he took the democrat stronghold.


20 posted on 02/29/2012 8:44:40 AM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek; kidd; JerseyHighlander; All
Just for the heck of it, I ran the Cook PVI score on every Michigan congressional district, and here's what came up:

Romney won:
10th (R+5)
14th (D+34)
9th (D+2)
12th (D+12)
5th (D+11)
11th (even)
8th (D+2)
Summary: 3 safe D, 1 lean D, 1 toss-up, 2 lean R

Santorum won:
13th (D+31)
7th (R+2)
4th (R+3)
6th (even)
1st (R+3)
3rd (R+6)
2nd (R+7)
Summary: 1 safe D, 1 toss-up, 3 lean R, 2 safe R

There is something rather perverse about a system which would award the same two delegates for a district which the GOP has zero chance of carrying as for a GOP safe district. At most, one delegate should be awarded to the safe DemocRAT districts with the extra delegates thus generated to the safest GOP districts. You could use either the last congressional election results or the non-partisan Cook PVI score. Under this formula, districts 14, 12, 5 and 13 would each lose a delegate and an extra delegate would be awarded to districts 2, 3 and 10 with half a delegate to 1 and 4.

End result: Romney gets 12 + 2 for the statewide win or 14 total, Santorum gets 16. As far as splitting the statewide win vote, the rules seem pretty clear. The winner gets both delegates. Romney is clearly the statewide winner as the rules say nothing about splitting the two if the results are some undefined degree of close.

But the end results will be actually 16-14 in Romney's favor because the stupid system counts districts which the GOP has zero chance of winning as equal.

26 posted on 02/29/2012 9:12:31 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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