1. Last week Governor Tom Corbett and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi raised Pennsylvania's profile in the 2012 presidential race.
2. President Obama took all 21 electoral votes from John McCain.
3. Charlie Dent (R-15), Jim Gerlach (R-6), Mike Fitzpatrick (R-8) and Pat Meehan (R-7)--have all opposed the new plan which is, the Republican nominee could lose the popular vote but still win a majority of the electoral votes.
4. The Democratic campaign strategy in Pennsylvania is to try to maximize turnout in Philadelphia and blue-trending southeastern counties.
5. The Republican-controlled state legislature that would change the apportionment of Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes for President from winner-take-all statewide to winner-take-all by congressional district.
6. 52% to 40%, voters prefer the present winner-take-all Electoral College system rather than the winner-by-congressional district proposal.
7. someone or a group of someones has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund an effort to change the rules of the 2012 presidential election to make it very difficult for President Barack Obama to win reelection.
8. In two states, Pennsylvani and Wisconsin, GOP legislators have introduced bills that would change how electoral votes—a candidate needs 270 of the 538 to win the presidency—are awarded in a presidential election.
9. In Pennsylvania, a secretive nonprofit group called All Votes Matter has been pushing the electoral vote scheme since May.
10. Between April and June, the group spent $77,700 to lobby state officials to support legislation to implement this scheme.
Questions:
1. Why are people spending so much on this scheme? Will it be worth it?
2. Why the sudden change?
3. Will Obama have a disadvantage?
4. Will other states be winner takes all?
5. How long will this go on for?
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