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Entries from May 2008

What Happens if there is a Tie in the Electoral College?

May 23rd, 2008   ·   13 Comments   ·   Email This Post Email This Post   ·   URI

Another close election may be coming up in November. It is not difficult to create a realistic scenario where the electoral map on election night is 269-269. What then?
As our site URL says, it takes “270 to Win”. If neither candidate gets a majority of the Electoral Votes, […]

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Tags: Electoral College

Interactive Senate Map Launched

May 16th, 2008   ·   1 Comment   ·   Email This Post Email This Post   ·   URI

270toWin has launched an interactive map to help you follow the 2008 Senate races. There are currently 49 Democrats and 49 Republicans in the Senate, with 2 Independents caucusing with the Democrats, giving that party majority control.  In 2008, 35 seats are up for election, in 33 states.   Of these 35 seats, […]

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Swing States Update

May 14th, 2008   ·   1 Comment   ·   Email This Post Email This Post   ·   URI

Based on recent polls, and the increased likelihood of an Obama vs. McCain race, we’ve moved North Carolina from Republican to Swing and Arkansas from Swing to Republican.   The latter decision was fairly easy — the only way Arkansas is really in play is if Sen. Clinton is the nominee.  
North Carolina, Virginia and even South […]

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Tags: 2008 Polls · Electoral College

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270towin.com is an interactive Electoral College map for 2008 and a history of Presidential elections in the United States. Since electoral votes are generally allocated on an "all or none" basis by state, the election of a U.S President is about winning the popular vote in enough states to achieve 270 electoral votes, a majority of the 538 that are available. It is not about getting the most overall popular votes, as we saw in the 2000 election, when the electoral vote winner (Bush) and the popular vote winner (Gore) were different.

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