tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245382822017142877.post2268413988373321422..comments2023-11-05T03:37:44.767-08:00Comments on The Cranky Conservative: What Difference Does It Make?Cranky Conservativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07353427256529214488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245382822017142877.post-9000691173385758662014-04-30T14:50:07.876-07:002014-04-30T14:50:07.876-07:00In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the ...In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70% opposed and about 10% undecided). <br /><br />Support for a national popular vote is strong among Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters, as well as every demographic group in virtually every state surveyed in recent polls: AK – 70%, AR – 80%, AZ – 67%, CA – 70%, CO – 68%, CT – 74%, DC – 76%, DE – 75%, FL – 78%, IA --75%, ID – 77%, KY- 80%, MA – 73%, ME – 77%, MI – 73%, MN – 75%, MO – 70%, MS – 77%, MT – 72%, NC – 74%, NE 74%, NH – 69%, NM– 76%, NV – 72%, NY – 79%, OH – 70%, OK – 81%, OR – 76%, PA – 78%, RI – 74%, SC – 71%, SD – 71%, TN – 83%, UT – 70%, VA – 74%, VT – 75%, WA – 77%, WI – 71%, WV – 81%, and WY – 69%. <br /><br />The National Popular Vote bill has passed 33 state legislative chambers in 22 rural, small, medium, large, Democratic, Republican, and purple states with 250 electoral votes, including one house in Arkansas, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oklahoma, and both houses in Colorado. The 11 jurisdictions that have enacted the bill possess 165 electoral votes – 61% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.<br /><br />NationalPopularVotetotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247335901450384827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245382822017142877.post-198110625806112392014-04-30T14:42:34.066-07:002014-04-30T14:42:34.066-07:00In terms of recent presidential elections, the 11 ...In terms of recent presidential elections, the 11 largest states have included five "red states (Texas, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and Georgia) and six "blue" states (California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey). The fact is that the big states are just about as closely divided as the rest of the country. For example, among the four largest states, the two largest Republican states (Texas and Florida) generated a total margin of 2.1 million votes for Bush, while the two largest Democratic states generated a total margin of 2.1 million votes for Kerry. <br /> <br />In 2004, among the 11 most populous states, in the seven non-battleground states, % of winning party, and margin of “wasted” popular votes, from among the total 122 Million votes cast nationally:<br />* Texas (62% Republican), 1,691,267<br />* New York (59% Democratic), 1,192,436<br />* Georgia (58% Republican), 544,634<br />* North Carolina (56% Republican), 426,778<br />* California (55% Democratic), 1,023,560<br />* Illinois (55% Democratic), 513,342 <br />* New Jersey (53% Democratic), 211,826<br /> <br />To put these numbers in perspective, Oklahoma (7 electoral votes) alone generated a margin of 455,000 "wasted" votes for Bush in 2004 -- larger than the margin generated by the 9th and 10th largest states, namely New Jersey and North Carolina (each with 15 electoral votes). Utah (5 electoral votes) alone generated a margin of 385,000 "wasted" votes for Bush in 2004. 8 small western states, with less than a third of California’s population, provided Bush with a bigger margin (1,283,076) than California provided Kerry (1,235,659). <br />totohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247335901450384827noreply@blogger.com