"Jonathan Cook" wrote in message
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Guyz-N-Flyz wrote:

"tim_s" wrote in message i always found the all or
nothing concept odd.....a republican voter
in MA knows it is essentially useless to vote repub in a Preidential
election; MA always goes Dem, so a Repub vote is wasted.....here in

No vote is wasted. It is counted, tallied, published, and used.
It doesn't matter which way the state electoral votes go. The vote
is published as part of the popular vote count of the candidate,
and as such is used to gauge the support of candidates at the
national, state, and local level irregardless of who won the
district, state, or nation. This idea of "wasted" votes is looney.
Heck, I don't even think non-votes are wasted. It's all data, man!

Jon.

That's great Jon, but what does it have to do with me?

Mark