Newfoundland as State

[beaver2.0]

I heard there was talk in 1948 of the Dominion of Newfoundland becoming a US state.  What if that had happened?  Who would they vote for?

[AelroseB]

Had there been an annexation of and subsequent statehood granted to Newfoundland - (maybe through a purchase from the British Empire?) - they would have voted Democrat more like than not.  Take, for example, the 1949 general election where the left-leaning Liberal Party won ~79% of the seats in the Newfoundland assembly, and ~86% of seats in the subsequent election.  Overtime, I think that Newfoundland would have just come to be considered and extension of New England, but more liberal.  (Although today it is dominated by a conservative party, so that just throws speculation up in arms).

[Mr. Morden]

They'd only have 3 electoral votes, wouldn't they?  Depending on which state would have had one less CD after the 1990 census, you might have had an electoral college tie in 2000.

[Skill and Chance]

They'd only have 3 electoral votes, wouldn't they?  Depending on which state would have had one less CD after the 1990 census, you might have had an electoral college tie in 2000.

That would actually be really interesting, because the new congress votes for Pres/VP.  If NF is a solid blue state, and we re-run everything else as is, Democrats take the senate 52 to 50 and get to make Lieberman VP.  If the senate is tied as IRL, would Gore get to break the tie for Lieberman or does the "majority of the whole number shall be necessary" text mean that the VP's tie-breaking authority doesn't apply here?  I don't think it's ever been litigated...