Tag: unlikely voter

#rsrh Unlikely Voter’s “Create Your Own Electoral College.”

It’s an interactive Electoral College map that is not-Flash, for those who prefer that sort of thing: has the added advantage of also having 2000 data. In fact, just take a look at the 2000 map:

I could believe that that map could happen.  Also: note that in 2000 the actual EV total was 271-266.  Guess the Blue State model is encouraging a lot of people to vote with their feet.

Mason-Dixon: Rubio ahead, if Meek’s in.

OK, I’m no Lord [Pollington] [oops!], but let’s unpack the Mason-Dixon poll for FL-SEN – which is bad news for Charlie Crist, and seriously bad news for the Democratic party of Florida that everybody expects Crist to join, just as soon as he can manage.  Below are the three major match-ups:

  • If the race is Marco Rubio for the GOP, Kendrick Meek for the Democrats, and Crist as the ‘independent,’ then the result is Rubio 38 / Crist 33 / Meek 18.
  • If the race is Rubio for the GOP, Jeff Greene for the Democrats, and Crist as the ‘independent,’ the result is Crist 39/ Rubio 38 / Greene 12.
  • In the primary, Meek leads Greene 40 / 26.

By the way: this represents a serious loss of support for Crist from Mason-Dixon.  Back in May Crist and Rubio’s numbers from that pollster were more or less flipped. Continue reading Mason-Dixon: Rubio ahead, if Meek’s in.