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To: MJ who wrote (250163)	5/16/2008 10:55:38 AM
From: miraje	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794330

FINAL COMPARISON BETWEEN ELECTORAL VOTES IN 1940 AND 2008 of the Contiguous States in 1940: You've got Colorado listed twice, both gaining and losing electoral votes. Nevada is not listed at all...

To: MJ who wrote (250163)	5/16/2008 11:58:30 AM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794330

To: goldworldnet who wrote (250093) 5/16/2008 12:07:50 AM From: MJ 2 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 250176 Is this now correct-----please review. *********************************************************** I took the list you provided comparing electoral votes in 1940 with those in 2008 for the contiguous states as they existed in 1940. These shifts follow migration patterns in the USA from country to cities and more recently along the East Coast from the North to South. Contiguous States that have gained in the number of electoral votes in 2008 as compared to 1940 1940 2008 3/ 10 Arizona 22/ 55 California 6/ 9 Colorado 7/ 27 Florida 12/ 15 Georgia 8/ 10 Maryland 3 /5 Nevada 3/5 New Mexico 13/ 15 North Carolina 5/ 7 Oregon 23/ 34 Texas 4/ 5 Utah 11/ 13 Virginia 8/ 11 Washington 8/ 11 West Virginia At the same time that these 15 states gained electoral votes 25 states lost electoral votes: 11/ 9 Alabama 9/ 6 Arkansas 8/ 7 Connecticut 29/ 21 Illinois 14/ 11 Indiana 11/ 7 Iowa 9/ 6 Kansas 11/ 8 Kentucky 10/ 9 Louisiana 5/ 4 Maine 17/ 12 Massachusetts 19/ 17 Michigan 11/ 10 Minnesota 9/ 6 Mississippi 15/ 11 Missouri 4/ 3 Montana 7/ 5 Nebraska 16/ 15 New Jersey 4/ 31 New York 4/ 3 North Dakota 26/ 20 Ohio 11/ 7 Oklahoma 36/ 21 Pennsylvania 4/ 3 South Dakota 12/ 10 Wisconsin 8 States showed no change in the number of electoral votes from 1940 to 2008 3/ 3 Delaware 4/ 4 Idaho 4/ 4 New Hampshire 4/ 4 Rhode Island 8/ 8 South Carolina 11/ 11 Tennessee 3/ 3 Vermont 3/ 3 Wyoming SUMMARY: Comparison of Electoral Votes between 1940 and 2008 for contiguous states existing in 1940 15 States increased in electoral votes since 1940 25 States decreased in electoral votes since 1940 8 States stayed the same in electoral votes since 1940 *NOTE: Alaska has 3 Electoral Votes Hawaii has 4 Electoral Votes (Neither was a state in 1940; hence not included in the comparison between 1940 and 2008 for all states in existence in 1940.) mj