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shockingelk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-04 06:10 PM
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Math: Winning with 22.9% of the popular vote
Based on the census's 2003 state population estimates (CSV file: http://www.census.gov/popest/states/files/ST-EST2003-AS2003.csv), and assuming,

- 100% of the voting age population voted in a presidential election
- the winning candidate got just enough votes to carry the states they won (voting age population + 1 / 2)
- the losing candidate got 100% of the vote in the states they won

... a presidential candidate could win the electoral college with 22.97% of the popular vote.

The loser would win GA, NJ, MI, OH, IL, PA, FL, NY, TX, and CA. The winner would win the rest for a total of 282 EVs.
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