If Gore had won New Hampshire

[dazzleman]

Probably not.  I can't believe that an elector from such a heavily Democratic (and dysfunctional) city would have handed the election to the House of Representatives, which would probably have selected Bush given its Republican majority (and I think Republicans would have a majority of more state caucuses than Democrats).

While I support the electoral college, I think that electoral votes should automatically be allocated to the state's winner, rather than allowing individual electors to potentially stray.  This would be a bad situation for both parties, no matter whether the faithless elector was a Democrat or a Republican.

[dazzleman]

Gore had 266 EVs. including the protest. If NH went Democrat, Gore would received 270 EVs. It wouldn't have mattered if the DC elector protested or not.

You are correct.  He would have had either 270 or 271 electoral votes if he had won New Hampshire.