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NEWS ABOUT: electoral votes

electoral votes stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

Texas Wants to Secede? That Sounds Great!

Democrats would love to have state's 34 electoral votes back

Apr 17, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rick Perry’s talk of seceding from the union might seem crazy, but calling the Texas governor's bluff would be a great deal for Democrats, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Consider:
  • Democrats would suddenly have a filibuster-proof majority in the 98-seat Senate.
  • Republicans would lose eight more
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Barack Obama • Texas • electoral college • Rick Perry • secession • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • electoral votes

OPINION

 Electoral College Needs Rehab 

State-level apportioning is the only viable way towards electing the president by popular vote

Dec 15, 08 6:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The 538 electors chosen to represent the will of the people cast their ballots for president today, officially ending the contest between Barack Obama and John McCain, writes Randall Lane for the New York Times. The otherwise-predictable ritual included a twist: a Nebraska elector voting for the candidate who won... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • electoral college • Omaha • Nebraska • Election 2008 • electoral votes

Nebraska Splits Electoral Votes, in First; Obama Gets 1

Dem will get slice of state's 5

Nov 14, 08 5:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has won a single Nebraska electoral vote in post-election counting, the first time the state has split the vote since a 1991 law allowed the practice, the AP reports. No Democrat has gotten a vote in the state since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • electoral college • Nebraska • Election 2008 • electoral votes • President Obama

Electoral Vote in Nebraska's 2nd District Still Up for Grabs

Omaha may have to wait a week for results

Nov 5, 08 9:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Nebraska was never a swing state, but its unique system of assigning electoral votes has left it with a surprising question mark after election night. The 2nd Congressional District, which includes Omaha, remains too close to call, with John McCain leading President-elect Barack Obama by 569 votes. And 9,000... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Nebraska • Election 2008 • new voters • electoral votes

RED STATE TALLY

 IN THE MCCAIN COLUMN... 


Nov 4, 08 9:37 PM CST
(Newser) - In the race to 270, John McCain came up short, but turned a chunk of the map red, kicking things off by scoring 8 electoral votes in Kentucky and winning much on the South. Here's what the McCain/Palin ticket took:
  • Kentucky (8)
  • South Carolina (8)
  • Oklahoma (7)
  • Tennessee (11)
... More »

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John McCain • Republican Party • Election Day • red state • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • electoral votes

 Obama Eyes Omaha 
 to Split Neb. Votes 

Campaign wants to pick up just one of Nebraska's electoral votes

Oct 6, 08 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forty-eight of 50 states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, but Nebraska, divvies up electoral votes by congressional district—and the Obama campaign sees an opening, reports the Washington Post. By concentrating just on the Omaha area, the Democrats are trying to pick up a single electoral vote in... More »

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Barack Obama • electoral college • Omaha • Nebraska • red state • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • electoral votes

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