# SDMB Mock Election, Broken Down by Electoral Vote

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 29, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729 "2004-09-29T21:31:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/181 "2004-10-02T04:05:18Z")

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Tennessee-- Kerry.

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**Author:** ![sishoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@sishoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sishoch)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/182 "2004-10-02T05:46:40Z")

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New Mexico, Kerry

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/183 "2004-10-02T05:59:33Z")

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New York: Kerry  
Surprise: Surprise

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**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/184 "2004-10-02T06:36:57Z")

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> [@Bangiadore](#):
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> Kerry. Rhode Island.

You know you’re the _only_ person in the thread who didn’t follow the format? Unless you’re an expat living in Co. Kerry and intend to write in Rhode Island. 😉

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/185 "2004-10-02T07:42:30Z")

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Washington - Kerry

All you Texas, Alabama, Firmly Red State Badnarik voters, good on you. Anybody from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida votes for Badnarik, you’re getting slapped. 😃

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**Author:** ![Bangiadore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bangiadore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bangiadore)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/186 "2004-10-02T22:53:59Z")

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Sorry, it’s a tradition in Rhode Island to do things ass-backwards.

Does this mean my vote doesn’t count? :smack:

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**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/187 "2004-10-02T23:46:55Z")

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simply\_cats and mr. simply\_cats

Indiana, two votes Kerry

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**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/188 "2004-10-03T00:36:18Z")

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> [@simply\_cats](#):
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> simply\_cats and mr. simply\_cats
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> Indiana, two votes Kerry

I am owned by FOUR cats! So that’s five votes for Kerry. 😛

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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/189 "2004-10-03T00:39:39Z")

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Illinois - Kerry

(hacked the Diebold machine…hahaha! I laughed out loud at that)

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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/190 "2004-10-03T00:44:55Z")

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Tennessee, Kerry.

> [@Bangiadore](#):
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> Sorry, it’s a tradition in Rhode Island to do things ass-backwards.
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> Does this mean my vote doesn’t count? :smack:

Only if Katherine Harris has recently moved to Rhode Island.

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**Author:** ![Gest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Gest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gest)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/191 "2004-10-03T00:48:01Z")

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Is Bangiadore a common name among black Americans?

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**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/192 "2004-10-03T00:56:01Z")

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Florida - Kerry, via absentee ballot. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/193 "2004-10-03T01:06:22Z")

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South Carolina - Kerry

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**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/194 "2004-10-03T01:20:26Z")

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Oregon. Jon Stewart.

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**Author:** ![Ersatz\_Shmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ersatz\_Shmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ersatz_Shmoe)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/195 "2004-10-03T05:35:53Z")

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Florida - Kerry

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/196 "2004-10-03T05:59:25Z")

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California - Kerry

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/197 "2004-10-03T13:51:41Z")

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> [@Otto](#):
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> My parents live in Iowa and are voting for Kerry. Since there are no Iowa Doper votes may we include theirs?

Well, I lived in Iowa for a couple of years back in the mid '80s – if you’d like to move my vote from Pennsylvania to Iowa, you could do that. Or Michigan, I was born there. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/198 "2004-10-03T13:55:50Z")

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Ohio - Badnarik

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**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/199 "2004-10-03T14:03:03Z")

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Virginia- Kerry

I’m currently attempting to find my dog a collar that says “Democrat” (my riding instructor’s dog has a Republican one), so you can put my dog down as another vote for Kerry. If, of course, three-year-olds can vote.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-mock-election-broken-down-by-electoral-vote/266729/200 "2004-10-03T17:08:23Z")

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North Carolina - Kerry despite Edwards

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