So what are some scenarios?
Playing with the maps over at RCP ...
The 269-269 tie.
McCain pulls off a Harry Truman.
Obama landslide.
Map as of 9:36AM Saturday, November 1 based on the latest polling numbers.
Why I support the Electoral College?
Because it forces candidates to appeal to a wider range of voters.
If all the candidate has to do is run up the popular vote totals, then they would spend all their time in the big media markets (NY, LA, Chicago, SF, DC, and other big metro areas) and ignore the rest.
Why would a candidate try to squeeze out an extra 10,000 votes in Nevada when they could try to get an extra 100,000 votes in California? Why hold rallies and run TV ads in Missouri to eek out an additional 20,000 votes when you can get at 200,000 in nearby Chicago?
If you think the battle over the swing states makes the country divided, imagine if BOTH parties ONLY pander to the big media markets on the East and West Coasts? Would that be a better state of affairs?
America is not a homogenous country and the electoral college system forces the candidates to compete in different region thus making candidates broaden their appeal.
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