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**Nurfzerne** · 10-24-2008, 04:13 PM

McCain ran a backwards campaign. Instead of solidifying his core (Party) support during the primaries and then moving toward the middle during the general election, he went into the RNC convention still needing to convince the base in order to win the election.

So you get Palin and the morons at his rallies front and center. Voters tuning in for the first time say, "What the hell is this?" And McCain is stuck with them.

During October, there's been an across-the-board movement from McCain to Obama - even the RURAL vote.

During the first three weeks of October, the University of Kentucky commissioned a survey of 13 rural counties in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada.

Fundamentalists get leverage because of the structure of the Electoral College. All states except Maine and Nebraska are winner take all. But even the assignment of the number of electors to a state isn't strictly proportional.

Take California and Montana, which get 55 and 3 EV respectively. That seems fair until you factor in state populations. Montana gets 1 EV for every 320,000, while California gets 1 for every 660,000.

Also, moderate Republican voices from CA, IL and NY are never heard, because the Party knows those states will go Democratic.

10-24-2008, 04:13 PM	#8
Nurfzerne Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 399 Senior Member	McCain ran a backwards campaign. Instead of solidifying his core (Party) support during the primaries and then moving toward the middle during the general election, he went into the RNC convention still needing to convince the base in order to win the election. So you get Palin and the morons at his rallies front and center. Voters tuning in for the first time say, "What the hell is this?" And McCain is stuck with them. During October, there's been an across-the-board movement from McCain to Obama - even the RURAL vote. During the first three weeks of October, the University of Kentucky commissioned a survey of 13 rural counties in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. Fundamentalists get leverage because of the structure of the Electoral College. All states except Maine and Nebraska are winner take all. But even the assignment of the number of electors to a state isn't strictly proportional. Take California and Montana, which get 55 and 3 EV respectively. That seems fair until you factor in state populations. Montana gets 1 EV for every 320,000, while California gets 1 for every 660,000. Also, moderate Republican voices from CA, IL and NY are never heard, because the Party knows those states will go Democratic.
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