Posted on 11/05/2002 3:25:35 PM PST by Howlin
TOTAL PERCENT PRECINCTS TOTAL
VOTES OF VOTE REPORTING PRECINCTS
U S SENATE
(L) EVANS KURT 2551 1 703 844
(D) JOHNSON TIM 140309 49 703 844
(R) THUNE JOHN 142784 50 703 844
Now I can head for bed! Nite, all. :)
That just means it is time to fire up the lawyers. heh. :)
I'm too tired and occupied with other things to offer an analysis, but I think it has a lot to due with the elements of Federalism built into our Constitution. The significance of controlling the Presidency has been demonstrated in the last two years, but the importance of the fact that the President is elected, essentially, by the States, and by the people only indirectly, was demontrated to us all in the 2000 election.When you're rested, give me a ping on this. I understand from you that federalism demands the two-party structure in that further divisions of power would be counter-productive in the two-tiered Congress and to pull weight on presidential elections. But this is not the case in other countries, even those that mimic the U.S. model.
I certainly agree that the parliamentary system fosters stupid factionalism. I'm not sure that this leads to the opposite, given the federalist/ representative system. But perhaps.
Either way, it's a blessing.
We will have to wait a couple of years to see who is full of what won't we. If a Republican controlled government blows this opportunity that's been handed to them, I feel sorry for them in 2004, and have no idea where voters may wander off to then. Hopefully they will do a great job and make us all proud, hopefully they will do things that promote a conservative agenda. All that remains to be seen, they have the ball now and tonight is for celebration.
GOP Odds GOP Odds Gain GOP Winner Gain Gain -30 1.000 KY-3 GOP -29 0.850 FL-22 -29 1.000 IN-2 GOP -28 0.850 MS-3 -27 1.000 NH-2 GOP -27 0.850 TX-23 -26 1.000 NJ-7 GOP -26 0.800 FL-7 -25 1.000 NH-1 GOP -25 0.800 Fl-24 -24 1.000 FL-22 GOP -24 0.800 MN-6 -23 1.000 FL-7 GOP -23 0.800 NH-2 -22 1.000 Fl-24 GOP -22 0.800 PA-15 -21 1.000 PA-15 GOP -21 0.800 CO-4 -20 1.000 NJ-5 GOP -20 0.750 IN-8 -19 1.000 CT-5 GOP -19 0.750 NJ-7 -18 1.000 MS-3 GOP -18 0.750 TX-5 -17 1.000 IN-8 GOP -17 0.700 NV-3 -16 1.000 FL-5 GOP -16 0.700 WV-2 -15 1.000 WV-2 GOP -15 0.650 AZ-1 -14 1.000 TX-5 GOP -14 0.650 CT-5 -13 1.000 TX-23 GOP 0.650 IA-4 -12 1.000 IA-1 GOP -12 0.650 IL-19 -11 1.000 CT-2 GOP -10 0.650 NM-1 -10 1.000 OK-4 GOP -11 0.600 NH-1 -9 1.000 CO-4 GOP -9 0.600 NJ-5 -8 1.000 NV-3 GOP -8 0.600 PA-6 -7 1.000 IA-2 GOP -7 0.575 CT-2 -6 1.000 IL-19 GOP -6 0.575 IA-1 -5 1.000 GA-12 GOP -5 0.575 MI-11 -4 1.000 NM-1 GOP -4 0.575 OK-4 -3 1.000 NC-8 GOP -3 0.550 AL-3 -2 1.000 IA-4 GOP -2 0.550 IA-2 -1 1.000 PA-6 GOP -1 0.550 KY-3 0 1.000 MI-11 GOP 0 0.550 NC-8 1 1.000 SD GOP 1 0.550 SD 2 1.000 NM-2 GOP 2 0.525 GA-12 3 1.000 MN-6 GOP 3 0.525 IN-2 4 0.650 AZ-1 RL 4 0.525 NM-2 5 0.550 AL-3 DLB 5 0.510 CO-7 6 0.510 CO-7 RLB 6 0.510 MN-2 7 0.510 MN-2 RL 7 0.510 NY-1 8 0.500 LA-5 Runoff 7 0.510 PA-17 9 0.450 GA-11 DLB 8 0.490 MD-8 10 0.450 ME-2 DL 9 0.475 FL-5 11 0.400 CA-18 DLB 10 0.450 GA-11 12 0.400 UT-2 DLB 11 0.450 ME-2 13 0.300 GA-3 DLB 12 0.425 IN-7 14 0.300 ND DL 13 0.400 CA-18 15 0.250 TX-25 DL 14 0.400 IA-3 16 0.250 WA-2 DL 15 0.400 KS-3 17 0.200 TX-11 DL 16 0.400 TN-4 18 0.000 PA-17 Dem 17 0.400 UT-2 19 0.000 IA-3 Dem 18 0.300 GA-3 20 0.000 KS-3 Dem 19 0.300 KY-4 21 0.000 NY-1 Dem 20 0.300 MD-2 22 0.000 PA-11 Dem 21 0.300 ND 23 0.000 PA-13 Dem 22 0.300 PA-13 24 0.000 MD-8 Dem 23 0.250 LA-5 25 0.000 MD-2 Dem 24 0.250 NJ-12 26 0.000 TN-4 Dem 25 0.250 TX-25 27 0.000 IN-9 Dem 26 0.250 WA-2 28 0.000 NC-13 Dem 27 0.200 IN-9 29 0.000 NJ-12 Dem 28 0.200 NC-13 30 0.000 KY-4 Dem 29 0.200 PA-11 31 0.000 IN-7 Dem 30 0.200 TX-11
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