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J.R. Brown
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« on: March 08, 2005, 09:00:21 PM »

I'm taking the percentage of popular vote each candidate gets and multiplying it by the total number of electoral votes in each state. Example: Kerry: 34.56%, (.3456)(3)=1.0 votes

2004:

State-by-State Results:

Alabama: 9 Votes
Kerry-36.84%, 3.3 Electoral Votes
Bush-62.46%, 5.6 Electoral Votes

Alaska: 3 Votes
Kerry-35.52%, 1.1 Electoral Votes
Bush-61.07%, 1.8 Electoral Votes

Arizona: 10 Votes
Kerry-44.37%, 4.4 Votes
Bush-54.83%, 5.5 Votes

Arkansas: 6 Votes
Kerry-44.55%, 2.7 Votes
Bush-54.31%, 3.3 Votes

Should I keep going or is this just stupid?

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J.R. Brown
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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2005, 09:48:38 PM »



Votes rounded.
Kerry: 259
Bush: 279

Red-Kerry received more electoral votes in that state
Blue-Bush received more electoral votes in that state
Grey-Electoral votes split evenly between the candidates
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J.R. Brown
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2005, 07:31:04 PM »



Votes rounded.
Kerry: 259
Bush: 279

Red-Kerry received more electoral votes in that state
Blue-Bush received more electoral votes in that state
Grey-Electoral votes split evenly between the candidates

Is this rounding each states EVs off to a whole number? Ho does it come out if you round off to whole numbers and guarantee the winner of the state at least 1 more EV than their opponent?

Yeah, each states EV's are rounded off to a whole number.
States that Tied:

Arkansas:
Kerry 44.55%, 2.67 EVs-3
Bush 54.31%, 3.26 EVs-3

Minnesota:
Kerry 51.09%, 5.11 EVs-5
Bush 47.61%, 4.76 EVs-5

Maine:
Kerry 53.57%, 2.14 EVs-2
Bush 44.58%, 1.78 EVs-2

New Hampshire:
Kerry 50.25%, 2.01 EVs-2
Bush 48.88%, 1.96 EVs-2

Ohio:
Kerry 48.71%, 9.74 EVs-10
Bush 50.81%, 10.16 EVs-10

Wisconsin:
Kerry 49.70%, 4.97 EVs-5
Bush 49.32%, 4.93 EVs-5
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