Electoral map predictions

DavidS

DavidS

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Post your electoral map predictions here:

The easiest one is Political Dashboard - 2008 Presidential Election on Yahoo! News. But politico, realclearpolitics and many other websites offer you the opportunity to create your own map.

I won't give percentage points.

Anyway, here's my map. I may be reaching a bit for Arizona, but there are polls that show McCain only up by 2.
 

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I will wait for the ACTUAL election. Ohh and the Electoral College would try and get an elector to change their position before admitting a tie. There is no requirement for a single vote and we are done in the Electoral College.
 
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I will wait for the ACTUAL election. Ohh and the Electoral College would try and get an elector to change their position before admitting a tie. There is no requirement for a single vote and we are done in the Electoral College.
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Good plan on waiting for the actual election. And you are correct about the electoral college.
 
I believe it was John Quincy Adams, he is the only President ever selected by the Congress when the Electoral College could not vote in the required manner for a winner. As I recall his opponent was Jackson and Jackson had the popular vote. Adams though was a member of the House and so they knew him well which helped him win in the House vote.
 
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.[1]
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.[2]

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DavidS said:
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.[1]
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.[2]

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Now show where there is a single vote by the electoral college and explain if you claim that is true why some States specify that on the fist vote the elector MUST vote for the Candidate that won in that State.

The Electoral College can vote more than once. Nothing you have provided disagrees with that. Ohh and if we ever have a President and Vice President candidate on the same ticket from the same State their State won't be able to vote for them no matter what.
 
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