Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Fun Electoral College Facts

The first eight are red states, while the last state is blue.
StatePopulationVotes
Alaska619,5003
Idaho1,251,7004
Mississippi2,768,6006
Montanta882,8003
Nebraska1,666,0005
North Dakota633,7003
South Dakota733,1003
Wyoming479,6003
Totals9,035,00030
New York18,000,00031

Somehow this really doesn't look fair. I know this is how our system works. But if you live in a empty state, your vote counts more. And if you lived in state with touchscreen paperless voting, your vote might not count at all.

And now back to our regularly scheduled program.
Tomorrow: How to Bring Peace to Iraq, part 2

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