Electoral College Map at L.A. Times, very cool flash application

MyUncle

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:20 PM
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Electoral College Map at L.A. Times, very cool flash application

Edited on Wed Sep-29-04 03:25 PM by MyUncle

I played around with this (click on the election map). I wound up with a tie in a very plausible scenario.

YIKES. Have fun.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-polldatapage,1,1906511.htmlstory

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Silver249

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:21 PM
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1. thanks

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MyUncle

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Wed Sep-29-04 06:07 PM
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15. my pleasure

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Goldmund

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:22 PM
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2. The link's broken for me...

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SoCalDem

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:22 PM
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3. The link to this one works.. It's fun too

http://www.edwardsforprez.com/map.html

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MyUncle

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:26 PM
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4. Edited original post to fix and attached below

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-polldatapage,1,1906511.htmlstory

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Goldmund

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:27 PM
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5. Cool, thanks

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northzax

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:44 PM
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6. the way I play with it

it looks like Ohio means more than Florida, if Kerry takes Ohio, and the other states I think he's got in the bag, then florida doesn't matter. Of course, if Kerry takes Florida then Bush can have Ohio.

how did we get to the place where two states decide the freaking presidency?

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MyUncle

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:47 PM
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7. I was "playing" with Wisconsin, Michigan and Florida.

That is how I wound up with a tie. This map help me understand the numbers better than any other tool I've seen.

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Wat_Tyler

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:48 PM
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8. Two states! We want two states!

Edited on Wed Sep-29-04 03:48 PM by Wat_Tyler

Two states!
We want two states
North and south
Two, two states
40 million daggers!
Two states!
We want two states
There�s no culture
There�s no spies
40 million daggers!

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MyUncle

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Wed Sep-29-04 03:51 PM
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9. Hmm, what are you saying Tyler?

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Richardo

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Wed Sep-29-04 04:09 PM
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10. Unfortunately, a tie is as good as a loss...

...goes to the H of R.

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MyUncle

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Wed Sep-29-04 04:15 PM
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12. Did you work the map and get a tie also?

I didn't think it was possible, but it really is..

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Richardo

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Wed Sep-29-04 04:24 PM
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14. I got a tie at 269, but I was just goofing to get the tie-breaker rules.

I found it very hard to get enough electoral votes for JK :( GIVEN THE POLLS NUMBERS SHOWN, which are as always suspect.

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Phillycat

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Wed Sep-29-04 04:14 PM
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11. Jesus.

The way I did it, if we get Florida, we win. If not, it's a tie. And I think I was pretty realistic about who's going to go which way.

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MyUncle

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Wed Sep-29-04 04:21 PM
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13. I took Wisconsin away from Bush on my version...

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VOX

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Wed Sep-29-04 07:10 PM
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16. I've been fiddling with this for months: Florida or Ohio, Florida or Ohio

Edited on Wed Sep-29-04 07:11 PM by rezmutt

I'm afraid it's gotta be one or the other.

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MyUncle

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Wed Sep-29-04 07:16 PM
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17. Give Kerry Wisconsin, Minnesota, Jersey, Pennsylvania, but

give Bush Ohio, put Michigan in play, it gets really interesting and that is how I got my tie.

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