Saturday, March 28, 2015

Mark Shields: Under Electoral College, Only Votes Cast in Ohio Really Count

In the cliffhanger presidential election of 1976, when Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican President Gerald Ford , the margin of victory in 20 states (totaling 299 electoral votes) — including California, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas — was less than 5 percent of the vote.

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