Can a Republican Win 270 Electoral Votes in 2016...or Ever - The Daily Beast
After totaling the electoral votes in all the terminally blue states, an inconvenient math emerges, providing even a below average Democrat presidential candidate a potential starting advantage of 246. Here are the states and their votes:
CA (55), NY (29), PA (20), IL (20), MI (16), NJ (14), WA (12), MA (11), MN (10), WI (10), MD (10), CT (7), OR (7), HI (4), ME (4), NH (4), RT (4), VT (3), DE (3), DC (3).
Let me repeat, if only for the shock value: 246 votes out of 270 is 91 percent. That means the Democrat candidate needs to win only 24 more votes out of the remaining 292. (There are a total of 538 electoral votes.)
So can the GOP win 270 electoral votes in 2016.....OR EVERY AGAIN?
Will we be burdened with a dysfunctional government until gerrymandering by the GOP becomes ineffective due to demographic changes?
This is a very inconvenient truth....which of course will be denied by all of the RW loons on USMB.
After totaling the electoral votes in all the terminally blue states, an inconvenient math emerges, providing even a below average Democrat presidential candidate a potential starting advantage of 246. Here are the states and their votes:
CA (55), NY (29), PA (20), IL (20), MI (16), NJ (14), WA (12), MA (11), MN (10), WI (10), MD (10), CT (7), OR (7), HI (4), ME (4), NH (4), RT (4), VT (3), DE (3), DC (3).
Let me repeat, if only for the shock value: 246 votes out of 270 is 91 percent. That means the Democrat candidate needs to win only 24 more votes out of the remaining 292. (There are a total of 538 electoral votes.)
So can the GOP win 270 electoral votes in 2016.....OR EVERY AGAIN?
Will we be burdened with a dysfunctional government until gerrymandering by the GOP becomes ineffective due to demographic changes?
This is a very inconvenient truth....which of course will be denied by all of the RW loons on USMB.