In rec.audio.pro ryanm wrote:
"Roger W. Norman" wrote in message
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Actually, it doesn't work like that either. It's not as if there is a
certain 10% who can change the direction of an election. It will be a
different 10% every time. Last time it was the 10% in Florida. See, because
of the (nicely balanced) way that the electoral college works, they only
have to get a majority of the state to get all the electoral votes for the
state. So even if 49% of Texas voted against Bush but 51% voted for him,
Bush gets *all* of the electoral votes for Texas, even though he only won by
a small margin. In this way, you eliminate the possibility of ever needing a
nationwide recount, you would only ever have to recount states that were too
close to determine, such as Florida in the last election.

This isn't completely true. The manner in which electors are assigned is
decided by the states and does not have to be "winner takes all". In Maine
and Nevraska they choose their electors using a district popular vote. In
this system, the winner of each congressional district wins an electoral
vote, and the at-large winner of the entire state gets an additional two
electoral votes. The Constitution leaves the method to be used in the hands
of the state legislatures.


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