NH has 3 electoral votes, the minimum. Same
as number of Senators and Representatives.
The final 2000 tally
Bush 30 states
Gore 20 states & DC
Bush 271 EV
Gore 266 EV
Ok so you subtract 3 from Bush and give to
Gore if Gore wins NH. That makes it
Gore 269 EV
Bush 268 EV
But isn’t there a minimum of 270 needed?
Wikipedia:”One of D.C.’s three electors abstained from casting a vote for president or vice president.”
Would the election have been thrown to
the House?
TN was important. 11 EV
“Gore failed to win the popular vote in his home state, Tennessee, which both he and his father had represented in the Senate, making him the first major-party presidential candidate to have lost his home state since George McGovern lost South Dakota in 1972”
FL was won by Bush by only 537 votes.
TN was won by 80,000 votes
NH was won by 7,000 votes
FL was a nailbiter but those 7000 votes
in NH were important
NH has 4