BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 27, 2000 ISSUE
COVER STORY

No Electoral College


Who would be most affected by a popular-vote system

WINNERS
-- Interest groups (such as religious conservatives)
-- Labor unions
-- Minor parties
-- Large ethnic groups


LOSERS
-- Farmers and ranchers
-- Rural voters
-- Small states
-- Swing voters

DATA: BUSINESS WEEK


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