At the Washington Independent, Aaron Wiener has made a bunch of electoral college maps that show how the candidates would have done if only one particular demographic group had voted. First, registered independents:
Now, self-described moderates:
Not good for the GOP at all. But we're a center-right country! Erm....
Onto college graduates:
With the exceptions of Florida and Indiana, this looks exactly like the actual 2008 map. As I'll discuss tomorrow, you can't really win anymore without college graduates. Demonizing educated people who like science and stuff might not be the best electoral strategy (it's not too good for the country either....).
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Secretary Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. The way the current Electoral College works, Trump won the Electoral Vote.
I've been thinking about the Electoral College, that mechanism by which voters in the U.S. indirectly elect their president.
As you know, there is interest in doing a recount for the presidential balloting in three key states. The chance that a recount in these three states would change Trump's win (290 to 232 electoral votes) is small.
The Christian Science Monitor reports on a plan to effectively do away with the electoral college:
Hear, hear! I'm glad that REAL America made an impression.
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