OK, a little political education.

[gridlore]

Daily now, we're being bombarded by the results of various polls conducted nationwide about the election.

Ignore them. Because, as most of you Americans should remember, we don't elect the President, the Electoral College does. We vote for the electors. In all but Maine and Nebraska these votes (one for each member of Congress [both houses]) are winner take all. Say Obama takes California by the slimmest of margins, 51/49. He still gets all 55 votes in the college. So the important thing is how the states are feeling.

Which is where electoral-vote.com comes in. Daily updates on how the states are leaning.



270 are needed to win.

Comments

[capplor.livejournal.com]

It's always best to use multiple sources of information. One or two might make an error, some might be biased one way or another. For example: pollster.com gives this graph http://www.pollster.com/08USPresGEMvO600.png of the current political situation. Showing Obama & McPain virtually neck to neck at 46.3% to 46.4%.

Obama still has the lead on EV's 243 to 179 with 116 still in play, but he needs to get everybody's attention off Mama Moosejaw & back onto McSame if he wants to win this one.

Well, as he told Olbermann, http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/08/obama-on-countdown-mccainpalin-stretching-the-bounds-of-spin/ there's only two months left, it's time everybody started feeling a sense of urgency.

Of course he also said that the repugs are "not telling the truth." (okay everybody, act surprised.)