Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on...
by wwweston on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:25AM
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Since state electoral votes are mostly awarded all-or-nothing, the electoral count can't tell you anything about how close an election was or wasn't.
Looking at a number of swing states with significant numbers of electoral votes can, though. The margin of victory was just over 1% in Florida (29EV). It's less 1% in Pennsylvania (20EV) and Wisconsin (10EV). Michigan (16EV) was less than .25%.
That's 75EV won by that thin a margin. Half that could have swung the election.
(And yes, you can play this game the other way, but the only state Clinton won that was that closely contested was... New Hampshire, 4EV)
The election was quite close. Trump's electoral victory was very thin.
That's the state of affairs to be expected when the EC winner loses the popular vote.
Looking at a number of swing states with significant numbers of electoral votes can, though. The margin of victory was just over 1% in Florida (29EV). It's less 1% in Pennsylvania (20EV) and Wisconsin (10EV). Michigan (16EV) was less than .25%.
That's 75EV won by that thin a margin. Half that could have swung the election.
(And yes, you can play this game the other way, but the only state Clinton won that was that closely contested was... New Hampshire, 4EV)
The election was quite close. Trump's electoral victory was very thin.
That's the state of affairs to be expected when the EC winner loses the popular vote.