[EM] 2000 Electoral College -- Gore versus Bush Percentages

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Only about the 10 States in the middle are *two* party States -- the rest are 
de facto one party gerrymander regimes.  Even some of the States in the 
middle may have extreme gerrymanders if the folks in one party are 
concentrated.

Thus, the importance of having a proportional representation method for 
electing the U.S.A. Congress and the State legislatures and a *fair* single 
winner method for electing U.S.A. Presidents/ State governors. 
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2000 Electoral College -- Gore versus Bush Percentages

ECV  2000 Electoral College Votes, GP Gore Percent (Democrat), BP Bush 
Percent (Republican)

X Both Bush and Gore got less than a majority of the votes

     ECV  Gore     Bush   Bush-Gore (LOW TO HIGH)

DC    3   85.16    8.95   -76.20   
RI    4   60.99   31.91   -29.08   
MA   12   59.13   32.13   -26.99   
NY   33   59.02   34.53   -24.49   
HI    4   55.79   37.46   -18.33   
CT    8   55.91   38.44   -17.47   
MD   10   56.49   40.18   -16.30   
NJ   15   56.13   40.29   -15.83   
DE    3   54.98   41.92   -13.06   
IL   22   54.60   42.58   -12.01   
CA   54   53.45   41.65   -11.80   
VT    3   50.63   40.70    -9.94   
WA   11   50.16   44.58    -5.58   
MI   18   51.28   46.15    -5.13   
ME    4   49.09   43.97    -5.11   X
PA   23   50.61   46.44    -4.17
MN   10   47.91   45.50    -2.40   X
OR    7   46.96   46.52    -0.44   X
IA    7   47.19   46.89    -0.31   X
WI   11   47.83   47.61    -0.22   X
NM    5   47.91   47.85    -0.06   X

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FL   25   48.84   48.85     0.01   X
NH    4   46.80   48.07     1.27   X
MO   11   47.08   50.42     3.34   
NV    4   45.94   49.49     3.54   X
OH   21   46.44   49.99     3.55   X
TN   11   47.28   51.15     3.86   
AR    6   45.86   51.31     5.44   
AZ    8   44.73   51.02     6.29   
WV    5   45.59   51.92     6.32   
LA    9   44.88   52.55     7.68   
VA   13   44.44   52.47     8.04   
CO    8   42.39   50.75     8.36   
GA   13   43.21   54.96    11.75   
NC   14   43.15   55.96    12.81   
AL    9   41.57   56.48    14.92   
KY    8   41.38   56.51    15.13   
IN   12   41.01   56.65    15.63   
SC    8   40.90   56.86    15.96   
MS    7   40.70   57.62    16.92   
KS    6   37.24   58.04    20.80   
TX   32   37.98   59.30    21.32   
OK    8   38.43   60.31    21.88   
SD    3   37.56   60.30    22.73   
MT    3   33.37   58.44    25.07   
ND    3   33.06   60.66    27.60   
NE    5   33.25   62.25    28.99   
AK    3   27.67   58.62    30.95   
ID    4   27.64   67.17    39.53   
UT    5   26.34   66.83    40.49   
WY    3   28.30   69.22    40.92   

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    538   48.29   47.79   -0.50   X

Area totals do NOT add up to 100 due to votes for other candidates.

How often do any of the folks in DC and WY visit WY and DC respectively ???