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On 2008-09-15, curmudgeon
bresnan.net> wrote:>
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http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/winning-the-electoral-college/
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> You only need to win 11 out of 50 states to win the presidency in the USA.
> If you win the 11 most populated states, even by only 1 vote, then it is
> winner take all for those 11 states.
> It is irrelevant by either how much or how little you lose the remaining 39
> states, you have still won the presidency of the USA.
> It is, always was, and always will be the electoral college (aka the US
> Congress) that picks the president , never-ever the citizens of the USA.
> That is why the USA is a Republic and not a Democracy.
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You need 270 electoral votes to win. This is an electoral college map of states
the candiates are projected to win. Candidates need enough citizen votes to
capture the states electoral votes. Stop trying to make less out of the fact ...
