Bush Wins Wisconsin Electoral Vote!

[So the Heroes Fall]

OK, I calculated the EVs for each Minnesota county. But I don't have time to tally them now because I'm off to South Dakota, so if anyone else wants to go ahead.

.Aitkin County   3
.Anoka County   28
.Becker County   5
.Beltrami County   5
.Benton County   5
.Big Stone County   3
.Blue Earth County   7
.Brown County   4
.Carlton County   5
.Carver County   8
.Cass County   4
.Chippewa County   3
.Chisago County   5
.Clay County   6
.Clearwater County   3
.Cook County   3
.Cottonwood County   3
.Crow Wing County   7
.Dakota County   33
.Dodge County   4
.Douglas County   5
.Faribault County   3
.Fillmore County   4
.Freeborn County   5
.Goodhue County   6
.Grant County   3
.Hennepin County   101
.Houston County   4
.Hubbard County   3
.Isanti County   5
.Itasca County   6
.Jackson County   3
.Kanabec County   3
.Kandiyohi County   6
.Kittson County   3
.Koochiching County   3
.Lac qui Parle County   3
.Lake County   3
.Lake of the Woods County   3
.Le Sueur County   4
.Lincoln County   3
.Lyon County   4
.McLeod County   5
.Mahnomen County   3
.Marshall County   3
.Martin County   4
.Meeker County   4
.Mille Lacs County   4
.Morrison County   5
.Mower County   5
.Murray County   3
.Nicollet County   5
.Nobles County   4
.Norman County   3
.Olmsted County   13
.Otter Tail County   7
.Pennington County   3
.Pine County   4
.Pipestone County   3
.Polk County   5
.Pope County   3
.Ramsey County   47
.Red Lake County   3
.Redwood County   3
.Renville County   3
.Rice County   7
.Rock County   3
.Roseau County   3
.St. Louis County   20
.Scott County   10
.Sherburne County   8
.Sibley County   3
.Stearns County   14
.Steele County   5
.Stevens County   3
.Swift County   3
.Todd County   4
.Traverse County   3
.Wabasha County   4
.Wadena County   3
.Waseca County   4
.Washington County   20
.Watonwan County   3
.Wilkin County   3
.Winona County   6
.Wright County   10
.Yellow Medicine County   3

[Vasall des Midas]

Since there are only 435 U.S. Representatives in Congress (I'm sure the 436th "House" elector is for D.C.'s U.S. Representative it would have if it were a state)

It's because the US EC has 436 electors + 2 electors per state/state equivalent. It's also because I dug up the thread after calculating the numbers -  had I been aware that Beef used 435, I'd have calculated that one. I can't tell you right now, but I can go check.

[Vasall des Midas]

If I counted right, Bush wins 347 - 257.

[Vasall des Midas]

Since there are only 435 U.S. Representatives in Congress (I'm sure the 436th "House" elector is for D.C.'s U.S. Representative it would have if it were a state)

It's because the US EC has 436 electors + 2 electors per state/state equivalent. It's also because I dug up the thread after calculating the numbers -  had I been aware that Beef used 435, I'd have calculated that one. I can't tell you right now, but I can go check.

Jasper (D)

[So the Heroes Fall]

Here's probably a more fair distribution of Minnesota EVs. In this one I simply gave each county 1 "representative" and then distributed the rest proportionally. Before I distributed all the "representatives" by the counties' population, but some counties' rounded to 0, so I gave each one 1 representative and took the seat from another county which just narrowly won its last representative (for example if it was entitled to X.51 representatives it would lose the rounded up one), but this wasn't too proportional and resulted in one county getting 3 EVs despite having 4x the population of another.

Aitkin County   4
Anoka County   24
Becker County   5
Beltrami County   6
Benton County   5
Big Stone County   3
Blue Earth County   7
Brown County   5
Carlton County   5
Carver County   8
Cass County   5
Chippewa County   4
Chisago County   6
Clay County   7
Clearwater County   4
Cook County   4
Cottonwood County   4
Crow Wing County   7
Dakota County   34
Dodge County   4
Douglas County   5
Faribault County   4
Fillmore County   4
Freeborn County   5
Goodhue County   6
Grant County   3
Hennepin County   82
Houston County   4
Hubbard County   4
Isanti County   5
Itasca County   6
Jackson County   4
Kanabec County   4
Kandiyohi County   6
Kittson County   4
Koochiching County   4
Lac qui Parle County   4
Lake County   4
Lake of the Woods County   4
Le Sueur County   5
Lincoln County   3
Lyon County   5
McLeod County   5
Mahnomen County   4
Marshall County   4
Martin County   5
Meeker County   5
Mille Lacs County   5
Morrison County   5
Mower County   6
Murray County   4
Nicollet County   5
Nobles County   4
Norman County   4
Olmsted County   12
Otter Tail County   7
Pennington County   4
Pine County   5
Pipestone County   4
Polk County   5
Pope County   4
Ramsey County   39
Red Lake County   4
Redwood County   4
Renville County   4
Rice County   7
Rock County   4
Roseau County   4
St Louis County   17
Scott County   9
Sherburne County   8
Sibley County   4
Stearns County   12
Steele County   5
Stevens County   4
Swift County   4
Todd County   5
Traverse County   4
Wabasha County   5
Wadena County   4
Waseca County   4
Washington County   17
Watonwan County   4
Wilkin County   4
Winona County   7
Wright County   9
Yellow Medicine County   4

I'd calculate it, but I'm taking a nap now. Last night I had to check into a motel at literally 4:30 AM and left around 11.

Two very interesting states for this would be Maryland and Illinois.

[Vasall des Midas]

Why not just use the actual apportionment method?

[So the Heroes Fall]

Why not just use the actual apportionment method?

Because I'm not sure what that is. I thought it was the first way I did it.

[Vasall des Midas]

Nvm. I'll do it. I got a spreadsheet.

[Vasall des Midas]

(435+2 per county / 538 total. 436 +2 extra seat goes to Stearns.)

Dem -
Hennepin 99 / 82
Ramsey 46 / 39
Saint Louis 19 / 16
Blue Earth, Rice 7 / 6
Winona 6
Itasca 6 / 5
Beltrami, Mower 5
Carlton, Freeborn, Nicollet 5 / 4
Fillmore, Pine 4
Big Stone, Chippewa, Cook, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui Parle, Lake, Mahnomen, Norman, Swift 3

Rep -
Dakota 33 / 28
Anoka 28 / 23
Washington 19 / 16
Stearns 13 (14) / 12
Olmsted 13 / 11
Scott, Wright 10 / 8
Carver, Sherburne 8 / 7
Crow Wing, Otter Tail 7 / 6
Clay 6
Chisago, Goodhue, Kandiyohi 6 / 5
Benton, McLeod 5
Becker, Douglas, Isanti, Morrison, Polk, Steele 5 / 4
Brown, Cass, Houston, Le Sueur, Lyon, Martin, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Nobles, Todd, Wabasha 4
Dodge, Hubbard, Redwood, Renville, Waseca 4 / 3
Aitkin, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Faribault, Grant, Jackson, Kanabec, Lake of the Woods, Lincoln, Marshall, Murray, Pennington, Pipestone, Pope, Red Lake, Rock, Roseau, Sibley, Stevens, Traverse, Wadena, Watonwan, Wilkin, Yellow Medicine 3

So, 253 to 356 or 357 / 220 to 318. Quite the convincing Republican victory.

[True Democrat]

Could someone do this nationally?  If the number of electoral votes were based on counties, with the smallest counties all getting three, and Los Angeles getting 65463516541 votes, it would be cool to see, even though it'd be a huge Republican victory.

[Vasall des Midas]

Could someone do this nationally?  If the number of electoral votes were based on counties, with the smallest counties all getting three, and Los Angeles getting 65463516541 votes, it would be cool to see, even though it'd be a huge Republican victory.

There are more counties than seats to distribute, so it can't be done without fixing on a new and massively larger house size first.

[True Democrat]

Could someone do this nationally?  If the number of electoral votes were based on counties, with the smallest counties all getting three, and Los Angeles getting 65463516541 votes, it would be cool to see, even though it'd be a huge Republican victory.

There are more counties than seats to distribute, so it can't be done without fixing on a new and massively larger house size first.

Yeah.  I guess an arbitrary number would have to be made.  It would probably have to be at least 10 times the actual number of counties in the United States.

[Verily]

Could someone do this nationally?  If the number of electoral votes were based on counties, with the smallest counties all getting three, and Los Angeles getting 65463516541 votes, it would be cool to see, even though it'd be a huge Republican victory.

There are more counties than seats to distribute, so it can't be done without fixing on a new and massively larger house size first.

Yeah.  I guess an arbitrary number would have to be made.  It would probably have to be at least 10 times the actual number of counties in the United States.

The problem is in the numbers. The larger the number of seats, the better the Democrats do, until, on a national scale, if there were something like 600-620 electoral votes, Kerry would have won in 2004. It goes back and forth thereafter, eventually settling on Bush.

[Χahar]

Could someone do this nationally?  If the number of electoral votes were based on counties, with the smallest counties all getting three, and Los Angeles getting 65463516541 votes, it would be cool to see, even though it'd be a huge Republican victory.

Bump. Anyone suffering from insomnia?

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Nice job Beef. Completely pointless, but an outstanding map nonetheless

For a moment I actually believed that this thread was about the networks calling Wisconsin for Bush/Cheney. That was until I realised that although Wisconsin was close in 2004 that the networks didn't after all call Wisconsin and her 10 Electoral College votes in that particular collum. Silly Mr Flynn.