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3:14 PM, Oct 24, 2012 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSONState-by-state polling by Rasmussen Reports now shows Mitt Romney narrowly leading President Obama in the projected tally of electoral votes — 261 to 253. Of the nine key swing states, Rasmussen’s polling (all conducted during the past week except for in Pennsylvania) shows Romney ahead in Florida (
Read more... For maximum clout in the presidential election, move to Virginia. Oct 29, 2012, Vol. 18, No. 07 • By JOSEPH BOTTUM
Read more... 7:15 PM, Oct 5, 2012 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSONOne month and one day before the most important presidential election in the past quarter of a century and perhaps in the past century and a quarter, Rasmussen Reports shows the race being about as even as it could possibly be. At this point, Rasmussen’s state-by-state polling shows that President Obama would win by the tally of 271 electoral votes to 267 for Mitt Romney.
Read more... 8:01 AM, May 22, 2012 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSONIn the Daily Beast, Michael Medved encourages Mitt Romney’s campaign to take steps to avoid the “catastrophe” that would result from “the very real chance that Mitt Romney will win the Electoral College even while losing the popular vote badly to Barack Obama.” He adds, “Mr. Obama could prevail by as much as the 7 percent margin that gave him victory last time, while still losing the Electoral College to Romney.” This is certainly provocative, but it’s not realistic.
Read more... 4:12 PM, Sep 14, 2011 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON
As John McCormack reports, some leading Pennsylvania Republicans are apparently flirting with the idea of changing the state’s method of allocating electoral votes from the usual winner-take-all method—the norm since the American Founding—to a method of allocating one electoral vote for each congressional district (with the remaining two votes going to the statewide winner). For a variety of reasons, this idea doesn’t deserve to get off the ground.
Read more... What the National Popular Vote wants you to believe.9:31 AM, Aug 16, 2011 • By TARA ROSS and TRENT ENGLAND
Even as the rest of the country focuses on the economy, the inventor of the scratch-off lottery ticket continues his push to all but eliminate the Electoral College. John Koza’s National Popular Vote (NPV) effort is making unfortunate progress. Just last week, Governor Jerry Brown’s signature ensured that the elector-rich state of California will participate in NPV.
Read more... 8:15 AM, Aug 9, 2011 • By JOSEPH BOTTUM
On Monday, August 8, Governor Jerry Brown finally signed a bill the California state legislature had passed in July—a bill that binds California to “National Popular Vote” (NPV). Which is to say, to the committing of all its electoral college votes in a presidential election to the winner of the nation’s popular vote. In other words, regardless of which candidate carried California, the electors are directed to vote for the candidate who carries the nation.
Read more... What you don’t know about National Popular Vote.5:55 PM, Jul 19, 2010 • By TARA ROSS
When health care reform was being debated this year, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi infamously declared, “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Now a liberal California group is attempting to do the same thing: Pass a bill first, ask questions later.
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