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5 Nov 2011, 1:29 pm
Individuals demanding reform mainly seek to replace the Electoral College with an election system that, unlike the Electoral College, guarantees that the winner earns the most national popular votes. [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 9:03 am
Eric Rauchway explains the history and development of our electoral system over at The Edge of the American West, another excellent academic (history) blog you should read:So the function of the American party system is to thwart the genteel, deliberative process envisioned in the Constitution, by turning the party conventions and the electoral college into the deciders.Let me put that more pointedly, just for the heck of it: the function of the American party system is to… [read post]
24 Sep 2020, 6:30 am
The Electoral College has the curious property of usually, but not always, awarding the presidency to the popular-vote winner. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 9:08 am
Politico reports:"Despite being no more than a blip on the electoral radar, [Jill] Stein has now commandeered Pennsylvania's electoral process, with an eye toward doing the same to the Electoral College," the complaint filed Thursday states. [read post]
6 Jan 2021, 12:58 pm
The storming of the Capitol interrupted the formal Congressional counting of electoral votes from the November 2020 election; prior to the joint session of Congress, Vice President Mike Pence indicated in a lengthy statement that he was not willing to overturn the electoral college result in favor of the President. [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 8:20 pm
But what happens when the outcome of the Electoral College vote is a tie? [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 10:40 am
One of the things that makes this such a fascinating constitutional question—at least, in my eyes—is the disparity between our long-standing practice regarding the operation of the "Electoral College" and the original constitutional scheme. [read post]
17 Feb 2024, 4:00 am
2/17/1801: House of Representatives breaks tie in Electoral College, and selects Thomas Jefferson as President. [read post]
17 Feb 2022, 4:00 am
2/17/1801: House of Representatives breaks tie in Electoral College, and selects Thomas Jefferson as President. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 4:00 am
2/17/1801: House of Representatives breaks tie in Electoral College, and selects Thomas Jefferson as President. [read post]
24 Jun 2012, 8:50 am
The campaigns are designed around winning the Electoral College. [read post]
24 Jun 2012, 8:50 am
The campaigns are designed around winning the Electoral College. [read post]
28 Dec 2006, 11:36 am
Sometimes you hear the idea that the Electoral College, for the selection of U.S. [read post]
7 Jan 2021, 9:56 am
I suggest to folks on both sides of that issue that the more fundamental question is whether Congress has the authority to set aside a state’s Electoral College votes. [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 6:52 pm
If Trump does win, he is likely to win a slim majority in the electoral college–indeed, there is around an 11% chance that he will lose the popular vote but win in the electoral college, which would almost guarantee a slim electoral college margin. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 2:01 am
It is two days after the Electoral College has met in 50 state capitals, voted and given 306 electoral votes to Joe Biden, making him the next president of the United States. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 8:48 am
It would be exceedingly difficult to engineer an Electoral College bailout. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 5:25 am
The network also examines the undecided allocation of Missouri's electoral college votes.... [read post]
10 Oct 2020, 9:38 am
I have been enjoying the Balkinization symposium on the books by Alexander Keyssar and Jesse Wegman on electoral college reform. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 9:00 pm
This “daunting consequence” is the modern electoral college. [read post]
