# Electoral Votes by State & the Candidates

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-votes-by-state-the-candidates/31179>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 29, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-votes-by-state-the-candidates/31179 "2000-08-29T14:01:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-votes-by-state-the-candidates/31179/41 "2000-10-07T14:44:25Z")

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as a follow-up to my earlier question about US territories voting, here’s an interesting article about Puerto Rico and the right to vote. Some Puerto Ricans are applying in court to vote in the presidential election: [U.S. appeals court considers vote for Puerto Rico](http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/10/05/puerto.rico.voters/index.html).

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-votes-by-state-the-candidates/31179/42 "2000-10-10T14:15:37Z")

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Anyone seen anything recently regarding the OP? I’d love to see a state by state breakdown.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-votes-by-state-the-candidates/31179/43 "2000-10-10T14:46:22Z")

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Well, [here’s the link](http://hotlinescoop.com/web/content/campaignscoop/whitehouse/evscore.htm). I think some of these polls may predate the first debate, and the bounce Bush seems to have received since then.

As I understand it, Florida and Pennsylvania are the big wild card states at the moment, and Bush seems to be focusing his efforts there. If he can move those states into his column, then the electoral math in the linked site would give him victory. If Gore can hang onto PA and FL, on the other hand, he still looks pretty good.

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-votes-by-state-the-candidates/31179/44 "2000-10-19T19:20:56Z")

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Bump.

Man, this is gonna be a [close one…](http://hotlinescoop.com/web/content/campaignscoop/whitehouse/evscore.htm)

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