[MeekOneGOP]

My math tells me that with Nevada, NM and Iowa going to Bush it will give him 286.

That is what Andy Card said early this morning - that Dubya would end up with a minimum of 286 EV's.

Is that the FINAL total, then, for sure ??? Dubya did get New Mexico and Iowa ??

Thanks.

[newzjunkey]

There reason Card said "a minimum" is it could've been 286 or 287 if Bush gets Iowa too is that Maine is *not* "winner take all" so Bush could still get one electoral vote from Maine.

Maine gives 2 electoral votes to the statewide winner. 1 electoral vote each goes to the winners of each of its two congressional districts. They've had that system since 1969 and *never* split up their 4 electoral votes but some thought there could be a 3-1 split this year based on polling.

And, now, Bangor Daily News says it's been determined all four will goto Kerry. The article I link to says Kerry won Maine's two congressional districts, thus all the electors, on the economy and Iraq and Kerry had a better GOTV effort in Maine.