Posts Tagged ‘Electoral’

270 to Win Dot Com

It’s hard to believe, but speculation started even before the national conventions. The staff at the Plays for Presidents Festival likes speculation — especially when it comes to the Electoral College. With 270towin.com you can play out any and all of those if-this-then-that-Electoral-College questions for yourself.

Its super simple interface lets you change the outcome with as much as a click. Not to mention they provide the history of each state’s previously allocated votes, insightful blog posts, and up-to-date presidential election polls.  (more…)

Do some votes mean more than others?

This week, Paul Begala argued that the upcoming election would be decided by fewer than 1 million American voters. The reason being that when you take the Electoral College into consideration, the key deciding votes cast in that process will come from 6 states currently considered “swing” states.

His argument includes the suggestion that if you are in one of the 44 states currently not considered a swing state (including Alaska, California, Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, Texas), you should not even bother participating. Rather, he says, “your vote essentially doesn’t matter.”

With which I take issue.

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