Seats that are in no danger of going Republican

[jducoeur]

Thanks for the Votemaster for the pointer to this minor but amusing political side-note. Apparently, Rep. Peter Welch of VT is popular enough that the Republicans didn't bother to officially nominate anyone against him. A band of Democrats got together to write him in for the Republican ballot in the primary, and actual Republican turnout was so low that he won that, as well as the Democratic nomination. So he'll be running against himself in November...

Comments

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

Er, the magic number should stay the same, right? The electoral college wouldn't be shrinking, and a candidate still needs to hold a majority to win without congressional action, right?

It would really just be taking away 34 McCain votes, which means it's not very likely to come to pass in Texas.

[ckd]

Aha, well spotted. I'd thought it required only a plurality to win, but it explicitly requires a majority.