Three of the votes were not cast at all as three electors chose to abstain from casting their electoral vote for any candidate.
Formerly Confederate states such as Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida are regularly capable of casting their electoral votes for Democratic Presidential nominees, and it's not impossible that Tennessee, Arkansas, and Georgia might, as well.
Besides, the solution proposed by National Popular Vote -- that states commit to casting their electoral votes for the winner of the national popular vote -- will not solve the problems you perceive with campaigning, as it simply replaces statewide poll watching with national poll watching.
1. c. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in a presidential election year, voters select the electors who cast their electoral votes for the candidate of the voters' choice.
Obviously, the non-participating states — non-ratifying, if you prefer — will cast their electoral votes for whoever wins within their borders.
It is unrealistic to expect that the proposal you discuss to amend how states cast their electoral votes would be accepted by a majority of the states.
So far, Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Washington, Hawaii, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia, which have a combined total of seventy-four electoral votes, have enacted the N.P.V. bill, under which the compacting states pledge to cast their electoral votes for the winner of the national popular vote.
Finally, it has been argued that the U.S. Electoral College, which is effectively a weighted voting body because almost all states cast their electoral votes as blocs, violates one person, one vote in presidential elections, because voters from large states have approximately three times as much voting power, on a per-capita basis, as voters from small states.
Mr. Honold said he was similarly thrilled, "especially since we're going to win Wisconsin!" If Mr. Bush carries Ohio and Mr. Gore carries Wisconsin, then Mrs. Burstion-Donbraye will go to Columbus and Mr. Honold to Madison on Dec. 18 to cast their electoral votes.
Minnesotans have consistently cast their Electoral College votes for Democratic presidential candidates since 1976, longer than any other state.
Roll Call pundit Stuart Rothenberg predicts Democrats are likely to win control of the Senate because Republicans, who now enjoy a 54-46 edge, face an uphill battle defending 24 seats, including seven that twice cast their electoral votes for Obama and two (Indiana and North Carolina) that voted for Obama in 2008.
