Alternate map: 2008/2012

[SetonHallPirate]

...except it doesn't fall under the "random map", as it's with a totally redrawn map of the US States. Basically, what I've decided is that the maps of states have, for the purposes of deciding a Presidential election, outlived their purpose, and I've redrawn the maps (with the help of the Bureau of Economic Analysis) for the purpose of the electoral college.

Unfortunately, as this is my first post, I can't post the map, but if anybody else who has the required number of posts wants to post the map, please PM me, and I'll be more than happy to send it to you.

States are as-follows, in the colors listed (the major cities within those "states" are listed, with 2012 electoral votes):

Red: Boston (15), Charlotte-Greensboro-Greenville-Raleigh (21), Denver (10), Los Angeles-San Diego (38 ), Louisville-Lexington-Evansville (8 ), Milwaukee (10), New Orleans-Baton Rouge (8 ), Pittsburgh (7)
Orange: Buffalo (6), Detroit (16), Jacksonville (7), Little Rock (6), Phoenix (11), Seattle (9)
Yellow: Chicago (22), Cleveland (9), Knoxville (5), Memphis-Jackson (8 ), Miami (11), Omaha (5), San Antonio (8 ), San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (24), Tulsa (4), Washington (16)
Green: Atlanta (17), Cincinnati-Dayton (9), Houston (13), Minneapolis-St. Paul (12), New York City (44), Oklahoma City (5), Salt Lake City (7), St. Louis (9)
Blue: Anchorage (3), Birmingham (7), Columbus (6), El Paso-Albuquerque (6), Kansas City (7), Richmond (8 ), Spokane-Billings (6)
Purple: Dallas-Fort Worth (21), Des Moines-Quad Cities (6), Honolulu (4), Indianapolis (7), Nashville (6), Philadelphia (17), Portland (8 ), Tampa-St. Petersburg-Orlando (15), Wichita (4)

[SetonHallPirate]

For 2008, I can now call the state of Anchorage and its 3 electoral votes for John McCain.

Note: I'm doing these by real-life state...this'll take some time to do in its entirety, but Anchorage and Honolulu are easy...the states of Alaska and Hawaii, respectively. (Honolulu and its four electoral votes will go for Obama once I do Hawaii, of course)

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And the 2008 NBC Decision Desk can now call the state of Miami and its 11 electoral votes for Barack Obama. (Anchorage was won with 61.06% for McCain and 38.94% for Obama, Miami with 60.37% for Obama and 39.63% for McCain, note that I am not counting any third-party votes)

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And the 2008 Decision Desk can now call the state of Tampa-St. Petersburg-Orlando and its 14 electoral votes for John McCain (50.23%-49.77%, or with a margin of 18,911 votes)

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And Karl Rove is now reporting from the Fox News Election HQ that John McCain has won the state of Jacksonville and its seven electoral votes, with 58.77% of the vote, compared to 41.23% for Barack Obama.

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And we can now call the state of Honolulu and its four electoral votes for Barack Obama, with 72.99% of the vote, versus 27.01% for John McCain.

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And in a minor upset, the state of Indianapolis can now be called for Barack Obama, along with its seven electoral votes. Obama won by 20,963 votes, with 50.72% for the Democrat, and 49.28% for McCain.

[Wolfentoad]

Here you go

[SetonHallPirate]

From the Decision desk...the state of New Orleans-Baton Rouge has been called for John McCain and with it he will receive nine electoral votes. McCain had 59.80% of the vote, Obama, 40.20%.

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By 21,817 votes, Barack Obama has won the state of St. Louis and its ten electoral votes. Obama had 50.44% of the votes, McCain 49.56%.

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The state of Omaha and its five electoral votes have been awarded to John McCain, by a 55.68%-44.32% margin. McCain now leads the race to 266 38-32

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More news from the decision desk...the state of Detroit and its 18 electoral votes have been awarded to Barack Obama, with 58.48% of the vote. John McCain had 41.52% of the vote.

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The state of Kansas City and its seven electoral votes have gone to McCain. McCain picked up 51.25% of the vote, Obama 48.75%.

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Also, the state of Little Rock and its six electoral votes will go to the McCain/Palin ticket. McCain picked up 60.78%, compared to Obama's 39.22%.

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The state of Tulsa and its four electoral votes have been allocated to the Republican ticket. McCain picked up 63.84% of the vote, Obama, 36.16%. McCain leads 55-50.

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Additionally, the state of Wichita and its four electoral votes go Republican, 64.35%-35.65%.

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And on the west coast, the state of San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose and its 23 electoral votes to to Barack Obama, 64.49%-35.51%

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The state of Buffalo and its seven electoral votes go to the Democratic ticket, 53.39%-46.61%.

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And the state of Cleveland and its 10 electoral votes go to Barack Obama, 57.67%-42.33%.

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And the state of Des Moines-Quad Cities goes for Obama, 54.64%-45.36%.

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And the state of Atlanta and its 16 electoral votes goes to John McCain, 53.02%-46.98%.

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Now that I've hit 20 posts, since I can't get wolfentoad's map to load on my computer (no idea if that's specific to me or it's a wide-ranging issue, however), I'll put the map here:

http://forum.theopenmat.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=24525.0;attach=651;image

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And the state of Birmingham and its seven electoral votes go to McCain, 61.77%-38.23%.

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And the state of Memphis-Jackson, with its eight electoral votes, go to the Republican ticket, 51.47%-48.53%.

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And the state of Nashville, and its six electoral votes, go to McCain by a 58.01-41.99% margin.