Scratch that. Only Maine (4 votes), and Nebraska (5 votes) award
electoral votes by proportion. That means that someone would have to get
more than half of 25% or 20% respectively (or however those states
divide the proportions).
bp
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On 10/20/2016 10:24 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
Although... Aren't there a handful of states that give electoral votes
by proportion of the popular vote? That could theoretically add a few
votes to Johnson and/or Stein.
bp
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On 10/20/2016 10:22 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
Good point. While McMullin might be able to win Utah (and get those 6
votes), the likelihood of Johnson or Stein getting even one electoral
vote seem pretty remote.
bp
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On 10/20/2016 10:08 AM, Mathew Howard wrote:
I don't think so. As far as I know, McMullin is the only one other
than Clinton and Trump with any real chance at getting any electoral
votes - Johnson and Stein will likely both get a much higher
percentage of the popular vote than McMullin, but I don't think
either of them is anywhere close to winning a state in the polls.
But Like Chuck said, it's really all academic. The possibility of
Clinton and Trump both losing a majority by less than six electoral
votes is pretty remote.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com
<mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote:
That would be a really slight chance. Among the candidates
running, I would rank their respective (probable) electoral
votes at (1) Clinton, (2) Trump, (3) Johnson, (4) Stein, (5)
McMullin.
bp
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On 10/20/2016 9:05 AM, Mathew Howard wrote:
If I understand the system right, if there's no majority,
congress has to pick from the candidates with the top three
most electoral votes (and there would only be three in that
scenario)
... my guess is that, in that case (depending on what the new
congress looks like), there would be a pretty good chance of
ending up with Hillary anyway, but there would be a slight
chance they'd all compromise on McMullin.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Adam Moffett
<dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>> wrote:
We have a republican majority in Congress, but the
republican party politicians don't like Trump. I'm sure
they would pick somebody less crazy than Trump.
------ Original Message ------
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To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
Sent: 10/20/2016 11:54:59 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT News from Utah
If anyone thinks our Congress is capable of making a
non-crazy altrnative, I have a bridge I want to sell you.
bp
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On 10/20/2016 8:51 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
Nobody having a majority is my favorite scenario, and for
awhile I thought it would happen. Unfortunately I
think Clinton will win by a landslide because people are
stuck in this mentality where we have to pick a winning
horse rather than voting for what we really want. It can
still work out if Trump can rally a little bit and get
back to being tied with Clinton. Then we can have a
split, no majority for anyone, and Congress can pick a
non-awful president.
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To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
Sent: 10/20/2016 11:41:56 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT News from Utah
I think he has more presidential qualifications than
Trump does.
And if my a miracle we can prevent 270 for Hillary then
the House of Representatives get to pick the president.
And I doubt they will pick Trump. So in that respect,
Utah is saving the nation...
*From:* Travis Johnson
*Sent:* Thursday, October 20, 2016 9:29 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT News from Utah
Utah doesn't have enough bad marks already?? Now they
will vote for a nobody, and truly look like they are
crazy. LOL
Travis
On 10/20/2016 9:12 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
Evan McMullin, the Provo-born independent, has seized
his first lead in Utah’s fluid presidential race.
The Emerson College poll, released Wednesday, found
McMullin with 31 percent, followed by Republican Donald
Trump at 27 percent and Democrat Hillary Clinton at 24
percent.
