Fwd: Math Against Tyranny - US Electorial College

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• To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
• Subject: Fwd: Math Against Tyranny - US Electorial College
• From: Jim Sherwood jimwsherwood@yahoo.com>
• Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 07:23:02 -0800 (PST)

  Jim Sherwood <jimwsherwood@yahoo.com> wrote:

Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 07:10:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Jim Sherwood
Subject: Math Against Tyranny - US Electorial College
To: traders2000@egroups.com, options2000@egroups.com
CC: aasgroup@yahoo.com, roycemoor@aol.com

Math Against Tyranny by Will Hively, Discover magazine, November, 1996 The Election Market:

If the electoral college made sense then a vote in Florida is worth 6 times
what it is in Rhode Island.

actually, the electoral college *does* make sense, or should after you
read this interesting article explaining the electoral college (with
reference to the 1960 World Series, of all things):

     http://www.avagara.com/e_c/reference/00012001.htm

probably time to re-read the Federalist Papers.  Been a while.

Enjoy, Jim :-}

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