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Obama Formally Elected President

December 15th, 2008   ·   4 Comments   ·     ·   URI

Every state’s Electors (except Hawaii) have now cast their votes, according to the AP.   There has been no deviation from the expected total, with Obama currently ahead 361-173.   Once Hawaii votes, the final total should match that projected on Election Day:  365-173 for Obama.

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Electors Vote Today

December 15th, 2008   ·   No Comments   ·     ·   URI

Today, the Electors will meet in all 50 states (+ DC) to cast their ballots.   Technically, Barack Obama isn’t the winner of the election until the Electors vote, but that is mostly a formality in modern times.   It will be interesting to see if there are any deviations from the projected final total of 365-173 [...]

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McCain wins Missouri

November 20th, 2008   ·   10 Comments   ·     ·   URI

For the first time since 1956, and only the 2nd time in the last 104 years, the “Show Me State” got it wrong, as McCain has won that state’s 11 electoral votes.
The Electors will meet on December 15 to vote.   If all remain faithful and there are no voting errors, the final tally of [...]

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Obama Wins North Carolina

November 6th, 2008   ·   16 Comments   ·     ·   URI

The Associated Press has called North Carolina for Obama.  We’ve updated the home page map to reflect this.   The last time it voted for a Democrat was Carter in 1976.  Missouri remains too close to call, awaiting the count of 7,100 provisional ballots.  It is believed McCain has a slight edge there.  If he wins, [...]

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Our ‘Prediction’

November 4th, 2008   ·   11 Comments   ·     ·   URI

We preface this by saying that we have no better idea how this will turn out than anyone reading this post.  In addition, this is not an endorsement of either candidate.   Everyone who is registered should get out and vote.  (BTW, you can get a free ice cream cone and a free Starbucks coffee for [...]

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For more on the election…

August 13th, 2008   ·   2 Comments   ·     ·   URI

Found this site today.   Extremely well-written posts with excellent analysis.

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

May 23rd, 2008   ·   116 Comments   ·     ·   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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Swing States Update

May 14th, 2008   ·   1 Comment   ·     ·   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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Electoral Votes in 2012

February 13th, 2008   ·   25 Comments   ·     ·   URI

The electoral map will change for the 2012 election, based on the results of the 2010 census. Article I, Section II of the U.S. Constitution specifies that a census will take place every ten years to (among other things) apportion representation in Congress. Since each state has one Electoral Vote [...]

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270towin.com is an interactive Electoral College map for 2012 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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