The electoral college can be dispiriting, especially if you're not in a swing state.
But, within a state, let's say, East Kansafornia... if it would require Candidate X to win 80% of the remaining votes in district 16.5 in order to win...
but the people in that district vote 50-50 for candidates from either party, so the votes will probably be split evenly between Candidate X and Candidate Y...
then we can know that unless something ASTRONOMICALLY UNLIKELY happens, that Candidate X is not going to win district 16.5.
They will count those votes, just to be sure that hasn't happened, but... they can be pretty sure.
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Date: 2012-11-07 07:01 am (UTC)But, within a state, let's say, East Kansafornia... if it would require Candidate X to win 80% of the remaining votes in district 16.5 in order to win...
but the people in that district vote 50-50 for candidates from either party, so the votes will probably be split evenly between Candidate X and Candidate Y...
then we can know that unless something ASTRONOMICALLY UNLIKELY happens, that Candidate X is not going to win district 16.5.
They will count those votes, just to be sure that hasn't happened, but... they can be pretty sure.