Monday, November 12, 2012

Who won what states

I was looking at the electoral map of states -- red states and blue states.

Something struck me.   Romney won only one "big" state, in terms of electoral votes:   Texas (38).  Then he won a few "middle sized states:  Georgia (16), North Carolina (15), Tennessee (11), Indiana (11), Arizona (11), Missouri (10).   All the rest of his 24 states had fewer than 10 electoral votes.   Total 122.

Obama, in contrast, won:   California (55), New York (29), Florida (29), Pennsylvania (20),  Illinois (20), Ohio (18), Michigan (16), New Jersey (14), Virginia (13), Washington (12), Massachusetts (11), Wisconsin (10), Minnesota (10), Maryland (10).   Total 267.

There just weren't enough Idaho's and North Dakotas and Mississippi's to make up the difference.

Ralph

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