can we do it without OH AND Florida?

[Hamlette]

The electoral votes have shifted so NH is not enough....right?

If we get what Gore got plus NH, it's a tie?

[slinkerwink]

1. if it's a tie, it goes to the house which is overwhelmingly repub now

and the chimp will win.

[robertozucco]

2. I read somewhere that we can

Any wonks out there who can explain the needed combinations?

[mconvente]

3. we need missouri

its super close - but we need it to avoid a tie if bush wins ohio and fl

[jezebel]

10. FOX and ABC called Missouri for Bush

[TSIAS]

5. We'd need NV or CO

But that means we couldn't lose any blue states from 2000.

[Brucey]

4. Yes, but

we need Missouri and a lot of others.

[flowomo]

6. red states gained a lot of EV's after census compared 2000

[SmileyBoy]

7. I don't think so, we would win it 271-267.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

11. MO would be enough with the Gore states

[WI_DEM]

8. No

In my opinion we need one of the two.

[cardlaw]

9. Reapportionment of votes

if the 2000 election were held now, Bush would have 278. So we have to poach at least 9 electoral votes from him from last time.