Something I noticed
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| Tue, 07-27-2004 - 10:02am |
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/election_2004.htm
Overall, the number of electoral votes is only going up by 1 (from 537 in 2000 to 538 this year), but how those votes are distributed has shifted.
In those states voting republican in 2000 and appearing to vote republican this year, their electoral votes are going up by 6, while the democratic counterparts are going down by 4. Of those states classified as “Toss up†states, those voting republican in the last election are getting 1 additional vote, while those that voted democratic is dropping by 2. Unless I’m mistaken, that’s about 2 million voters.
Another interesting note is that for all the talk of “Worst president ever†and polarization, not a single state has “jumped shipâ€, meaning no state voting republican last year has moved to the democratic side and no state voting democratic last year has moved to the republican side.
I just found it interesting that when people are afforded the opportunity (at least over the last 4 years), they have chosen to move to states governed from the right.

Interesting post; very insightful.
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Renee ~~~
I wonder if the politics of the state has that much to do with it.