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A18
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« on: November 13, 2004, 05:49:27 PM »
Give all of the non-majority states to Carter to offset the Anderson factor.



Dem 281
Rep 257

Reagan wins popular vote, Carter wins election
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A18
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E: 9.23, S: -6.35
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2004, 07:07:03 PM »
Take, for example, Kentucky:

Carter got 48%, Anderson got 2%, Reagan got 49%. Don't you think the 2% would go to Carter?

I am wrong about Illinois, though. Maybe a few others.
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A18
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E: 9.23, S: -6.35
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2004, 07:15:17 PM »
I didn't take the time to check each state to see what the margins were. In some states, Carter + Anderson still would have been behind him, despite the fact that Reagan didn't get 50% there.

I'm wrong about Pennsylvania, Oregon, Washington, and Michigan too.
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