Bush Wins Wisconsin Electoral Vote!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It'd be interesting to do this for Minnesota, although I have no doubt Bush would win, since he won those inner suburban counties by narrow margins. Mondale would've probably won the 2002 Senate race under this though.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

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

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

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.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

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.