From: de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill)
Subject: Re: Electoral College
Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:03:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.160711.14175@mips2.ma30.bull.com>, msanf@hw23.ma30.bull.com (Marc Sanfacon) writes:
>
>All a candidate needs to do is get 51% of 5 or 6 of the
>"important" states and he will be practically guaranteed
>to win the election.  This sounds like my vote gets lost
>in the process unless I move to New Jersey and vote for
>the front-runner.  This is counter to what we should be
>encouraging in a democracy.

That will simply cause any three-way race to be passed to the house.  In this
case, the outcome would be the same: Clinton.

  Clinton: 236  --> less than 270, goes to House (new or old?); Clinton
                    elected 
  Bush: 199
  Perot: 103

(See data below.)

Imagine, though, if the roles were reversed, e.g., Bush has 236 EV to
Clinton's 199.  The still Democratic House would still choose Clinton.  Talk
about your public outrage.

Count me as one who's not ready to meddle with the Electoral system.

-----
Evaluation of Electoral results using proportional assignment:

Raw data from AP via Fil Feit
(filfeit@rael.Tymnet.COM).

ALABAMA
   Electoral Vote: 9
   Clinton - 41 percent (4)
   Bush - 48 percent (4)
   Perot - 11 percent (1)

ALASKA
   Electoral Vote: 3
   Clinton - 32 percent (1)
   Bush - 41 percent (1)
   Perot - 27 percent (1)

ARIZONA
   Electoral Vote: 8
   Clinton - 37 percent (3)
   Bush - 39 percent (3)
   Perot - 24 percent (2)

ARKANSAS
   Electoral Vote: 6
   Clinton - 54 percent (3)
   Bush - 36 percent (2)
   Perot - 11 percent (1)

CALIFORNIA
   Electoral Vote: 54
   Clinton - 47 percent (26)
   Bush - 32 percent (17)
   Perot - 21 percent (11)

COLORADO
   Electoral Vote: 8
   Clinton - 40 percent (3)
   Bush - 36 percent (3)
   Perot - 23 percent (2)

CONNECTICUT
   Electoral Vote: 8
   Clinton - 42 percent (3)
   Bush - 36 percent (3)
   Perot - 22 percent (2)

DELAWARE
   Electoral Vote: 3
   Clinton - 44 percent (1)
   Bush - 36 percent (1)
   Perot - 21 percent (1)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
   Electoral Vote: 3
   Clinton - 86 percent (3)
   Bush - 9 percent (0)
   Perot - 4 percent (0)

FLORIDA
   Electoral Vote: 25
   Clinton - 39 percent (10)
   Bush - 41 percent (10)
   Perot - 20 percent (5)

GEORGIA
   Electoral Vote: 13
   Clinton - 44 percent (6)
   Bush - 43 percent (5)
   Perot - 13 percent (2)

HAWAII
   Electoral Vote: 4
   Clinton - 49 percent (2)
   Bush - 37 percent (1)
   Perot - 14 percent (1)

IDAHO
   Electoral Vote: 4
   Clinton - 29 percent (1)
   Bush - 43 percent (2)
   Perot - 28 percent (1)

ILLINOIS
   Electoral Vote: 22
   Clinton - 48 percent (10)
   Bush - 35 percent (8)
   Perot - 17 percent (4)

INDIANA
   Electoral Vote: 12
   Clinton - 37 percent (5)
   Bush - 43 percent (5)
   Perot - 20 percent (2)

IOWA
   Electoral Vote: 7
   Clinton - 44 percent (3)
   Bush - 38 percent (3)
   Perot - 19 percent (1)

KANSAS
   Electoral Vote: 6
   Clinton - 34 percent (2)
   Bush - 39 percent (2)
   Perot - 27 percent (2)

KENTUCKY
   Electoral Vote: 8
   Clinton - 45 percent (4)
   Bush - 42 percent (3)
   Perot - 14 percent (1)

LOUISIANA
   Electoral Vote: 9
   Clinton - 46 percent (4)
   Bush - 42 percent (4)
   Perot - 12 percent (1)

MAINE
   Electoral Vote: 4 split among candidates: 4, 0 and 0
   Clinton - 39 percent (2)
   Bush - 31 percent (1)
   Perot - 30 percent (1)

MARYLAND
   Electoral Vote: 10
   Clinton - 50 percent (5)
   Bush - 36 percent (4)
   Perot - 14 percent (1)

MASSACHUSETTS
   Electoral Vote: 12
   Clinton - 48 percent (6)
   Bush - 29 percent (3)
   Perot - 23 percent (3)

MICHIGAN
   Electoral Vote: 18
   Clinton - 44 percent (8)
   Bush - 37 percent (7)
   Perot - 19 percent (3)

MINNESOTA
   Electoral Vote: 10
   Clinton - 44 percent (5)
   Bush - 32 percent (3)
   Perot - 24 percent (2)

MISSISSIPPI
   Electoral Vote: 7
   Clinton - 41 percent (3)
   Bush - 50 percent (3)
   Perot - 9 percent (1)

MISSOURI
   Electoral Vote: 11
   Clinton - 44 percent (5)
   Bush - 34 percent (4)
   Perot - 22 percent (2)

MONTANA
   Electoral Vote: 3
   Clinton - 38 percent (1)
   Bush - 36 percent (1)
   Perot - 26 percent (1)

NEBRASKA
   Electoral Vote: 5 split among candidates: 0, 5 and 0
   Clinton - 30 percent (2)
   Bush - 47 percent (2)
   Perot - percent (1)

NEVADA
   Electoral Vote: 4
   Clinton - 38 percent (2)
   Bush - 35 percent (1)
   Perot - 27 percent (1)

NEW HAMPSHIRE
   Electoral Vote: 4
   Clinton - 39 percent (2)
   Bush - 38 percent (1)
   Perot - 23 percent (1)

NEW JERSEY
   Electoral Vote: 15
   Clinton - 43 percent (7)
   Bush - 41 percent (6)
   Perot - 16 percent (2)

NEW MEXICO
   Electoral Vote: 5
   Clinton - 46 percent (2)
   Bush - 38 percent (2)
   Perot - 16 percent (1)

NEW YORK
   Electoral Vote: 33
   Clinton - 50 percent (17)
   Bush - 34 percent (11)
   Perot - 16 percent (5)

NORTH CAROLINA
   Electoral Vote: 14
   Clinton - 43 percent (6)
   Bush - 44 percent (6)
   Perot - 14 percent (2)

NORTH DAKOTA
   Electoral Vote: 3
   Clinton - 32 percent (1)
   Bush - 44 percent (1)
   Perot - 23 percent (1)

OHIO
   Electoral Vote: 21
   Clinton - 40 percent (8)
   Bush - 39 percent (8)
   Perot - 21 percent (5)

OKLAHOMA
   Electoral Vote: 8
   Clinton - 34 percent (3)
   Bush - 43 percent (3)
   Perot - 23 percent (2)

OREGON
   Electoral Vote: 7
   Clinton - 43 percent (3)
   Bush - 32 percent (2)
   Perot - 25 percent (2)

PENNSYLVANIA
   Electoral Vote: 23
   Clinton - 45 percent (11)
   Bush - 36 percent (8)
   Perot - 18 percent (4)

RHODE ISLAND
   Electoral Vote: 4
   Clinton - 48 percent (2)
   Bush - 29 percent (1)
   Perot - 23 percent (1)

SOUTH CAROLINA
   Electoral Vote: 8
   Clinton - 40 percent (3)
   Bush - 48 percent (4)
   Perot - 12 percent (1)

SOUTH DAKOTA
   Electoral Vote: 3
   Clinton - 37 percent (1)
   Bush - 41 percent (1)
   Perot- 22 percent (1)

TENNESSEE
   Electoral Vote: 11
   Clinton - 47 percent (5)
   Bush - 43 percent (5)
   Perot - 10 percent (1)

TEXAS
   Electoral Vote: 32
   Clinton - 37 percent (12)
   Bush - 40 percent (13)
   Perot - 22 percent (7)

UTAH
   Electoral Vote: 5
   Clinton - 26 percent (1)
   Bush - 45 percent (2)
   Perot - 29 percent (2)

VERMONT
   Electoral Vote: 3
   Clinton - 46 percent (1)
   Bush - 31 percent (1)
   Perot - 23 percent (1)

VIRGINIA
   Electoral Vote: 13
   Clinton - 41 percent (5)
   Bush - 45 percent (6)
   Perot - 14 percent (2)

WASHINGTON
   Electoral Vote: 11
   Clinton - 44 percent (5)
   Bush - 32 percent (5)
   Perot - 24 percent (1)

WEST VIRGINIA
   Electoral Vote: 5
   Clinton - 49 percent (2)
   Bush - 36 percent (2)
   Perot - 16 percent (1)

WISCONSIN
   Electoral Vote: 11
   Clinton - 41 percent (5)
   Bush - 37 percent (4)
   Perot - 22 percent (2)

WYOMING
   Electoral Vote: 3
   Clinton - 34 percent (1)
   Bush - 40 percent (1)
   Perot - 26 percent (1)

Totals:
  Clinton: 236
  Bush: 199
  Perot: 103

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