Place obituary in the columbus dispatch the columbus. She was the 1972 vice presidential nominee of the libertarian party and running mate of john hospers, when roger macbride, a republican elector from virginia, cast the historic vote. Theodora nathalia tonie nathan february 9, 1923 march 20, 2014 was an american political figure. To the popular vote victor go the electoral spoils in ohio, 47 other winnertakeall states and the district of columbia. Obituary and guestbook services for the columbus dispatch are provided by. The polls conducted jointly by democrat peter hart and republican bill mcinturff in august 2004 and august 2012 have an eerie resemblance to each other. Ny times nationwide electoral vote survey finds pres race too close to predict. The columbus dispatch obituaries and death notices for columbus ohio area. Ohio, long a bellwether, is fading on the electoral map. Ohio would honor presidential popular vote under proposal. She was the first woman to receive an electoral vote in a united states presidential election. Curtin, a democratic state legislator and former columbus dispatch editor who. With the number of competitive states across the country dwindling to just a handful, ohio remains among those both parties can win. Move afoot to change ohio electoral vote the lima news.
Ohios electoral college members are set to vote for president and vice president at the ohio statehouse on monday. Four of the mississippi electors told the associated press they are firmly committed to trump. Ohioans could vote this fall on a measure to award the presidency to the candidate who wins the national popular vote regardless of which candidate wins the buckeye state. David leland of columbus and other democrats first introduced. So the 2012 race for the white house didnt come down to ohio as expected. The other five electors will choose a sixth when they meet monday at the state capitol. Newspapers in the united states have traditionally endorsed candidates for party nomination prior to their final endorsements for president. That would put clintons electoral majority midway between president obamas 2008 win and his 2012.
Browse the columbus dispatch obituaries, conduct other obituary searches, offer condolencestributes, send flowers or create an online memorial. Mississippis 1890 constitution requires a statewide candidate to win a majority of the popular vote and a majority of electoral vote, with one electoral vote awarded to the top vote getter in. Mississippis jim crowera election system stands, for now. Like most states, colorado requires that its electors. President barack obama beat gop nominee mitt romney in 2012 by 4 percentage points, but that translated into a 126. Pundits predict what the presidential map will look like. Its possible trump or clinton could win popular vote and. In both cases, an incumbent president with a net approvedisapprove of 1% was deep underwater on his handling of the economy. The mystery petition in ohio is not a bona fide effort to enact the national popular vote interstate compact.