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HankW501
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« on: February 01, 2015, 03:14:13 PM »

One thing that makes this election unique among US presidential elections is that the only places where an absolute majority of the voters voted in favor of the same ticket were D.C., which always votes very strongly Democratic, and Arkansas, Bill Clinton's home state.  So if the appointment of a slate of electors were contingent on a majority of popular votes rather than simply a plurality, Clinton/Gore would have had only nine votes, but they would have been the only ticket with any votes, and 49 states would require runoff elections.
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HankW501
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2015, 07:17:08 PM »

If every state cast its electoral votes in proportion to its popular votes (as close as possible) in 1992, here's how the election would have gone:

StateClinton/GoreBush/QuaylePerot/Stockdale
AL441
AK111
AZ332
AR321
CA251811
CO332
CT332
DE111
DC3
FL10105
GA652
HI211
ID121
IL1174
IN552
IA331
KS222
KY431
LA441
ME211
MD541
MA633
MI873
MN532
MS331
MO542
MT111
NE221
NV211
NH211
NJ762
NM221
NY17115
NC662
ND111
OH984
OK332
OR322
PA1184
RI211
SC341
SD111
TN551
TX12137
UT122
VT111
VA562
WA533
WV221
WI542
WY111
Totals237197104

Since nobody would have had the minimum of 270 votes, the House of Representatives would have elected the president, and the Senate would have elected the vice president.

When the House of Representatives elects the president, each state coalition votes among themselves from among the top three electoral vote recipients, then each state casts one vote.  A minimum of 26 votes (absolute majority) is required to win.  Voting is repeated until someone receives an absolute majority of votes.  Assuming that every Democrat would have voted for Clinton and every Republican would have voted for Bush, here's how the House would have voted:

StateClintonBushPerotNo Vote (Tie)
AL1
AK1
AZ1
AR1
CA1
CO1
CT1
DE1
FL1
GA1
HI1
ID1
IL1
IN1
IA1
KS1
KY1
LA1
ME1
MD1
MA1
MI1
MN1
MS1
MO1
MT1
NE1
NV1
NH1
NJ1
NM1
NY1
NC1
ND1
OH1
OK1
OR1
PA1
RI1
SC1
SD1
TN1
TX1
UT1
VT1
VA1
WA1
WV1
WI1
WY1
Totals309011

Assuming that every Democratic Senator would have voted for Gore and every Republican Senator would have voted for Quayle, here's how the Senate would have voted (a minimum of 51 votes is required to win):

StateGoreQuayle
AL2
AK2
AZ11
AR2
CA2
CO11
CT2
DE11
FL11
GA11
HI2
ID2
IL2
IN2
IA11
KS2
KY11
LA2
ME11
MD2
MA2
MI2
MN11
MS2
MO2
MT11
NE2
NV2
NH2
NJ2
NM11
NY11
NC2
ND2
OH2
OK11
OR2
PA11
RI11
SC11
SD11
TN2
TX11
UT2
VT11
VA11
WA11
WV2
WI2
WY2
Totals5743
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