[raccoonradio]

HC list ping

[raccoonradio]

For the record in ‘04 Bush did win the popular as well as the electoral vote. W got about 62 million, Kerry about 59 million. W got 31 states, Kerry 19 states plus DC

http://electoralmap.net/2012/myPrediction.php

>>Click on a state repeatedly to change it between gray (tossup), red (Republican victory), and blue (Democrat victory). The total number of electoral votes won by either party will update automatically. When you are done creating your forecast you can share it with your friends by sending them the URL shown below the map.

[treetopsandroofs]

Electoral College is REALLY bad when the “wrong” man wins.

Other than that, people don’t seem to care or mind it.

[stylin19a]

this gets further complicated by the various states who have entered into a “compact”, where the candidate with the greatest national popular vote gets all the electors, regardless of the actual outcome in the state.

Fortunately, the “compact” is among ‘blue” states, so far.but they do have a cumulative 132 electoral votes.

seems to me, it would be in the RATS best interest to always have a "Ross Perot" type run as a 3rd party candidate.