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21 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm
In my last column, 2020 Election Legal Maneuvering, I described a recent lawsuit filed by some prominent lawyers and law professors challenging Texas’s use of the so-called Winner-Take-All (WTA) approach to selecting the state’s representatives to the so-called Electoral College. [read post]
20 Mar 2018, 4:37 pm
College graduates increasingly align with Democratic Party – “As the 2018 midterm elections approach, women and especially college graduates have moved toward the Democratic Party. [read post]
19 Mar 2018, 11:02 am
By Geoffrey R. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm
First, the electoral college is skewed in favor of less populous states, because the number of electoral college votes given to a state depends on its number of representatives and senators. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 1:38 pm
Given the electoral college and the nature of our politics, in which national elections can be decided in a few key precincts in a few swing states, the results dance on the head of a pin. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 10:15 am
Trump prevailed only because of the perverse Electoral College system, which gives disproportionate weight to the less populous states and to rural areas. [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 5:14 am
Despite winning the nations popular vote, she lost in the Electoral College and did not win that political campaign. [read post]
3 Mar 2018, 8:24 pm
An outstanding campaigner, Wilson won a huge Electoral College victory, which relegated Roosevelt to the political wilderness for the rest of his life. [read post]
24 Feb 2018, 6:55 am
The video is embedded in the previous post, along with some comments from last night's open thread. [read post]
23 Feb 2018, 7:02 am
Under the Constitution, the electoral college [National Archives backgrounder] provides that the "electors" of the college are the individuals who choose the president and vice president. [read post]
22 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm
And so what we are seeing today is a trend that builds on some populist precedents.Are any of these (increasingly) “hardball” tactics (as many analysts might call them) by legislatures and the electorate to push back against rulings with which they disagree themselves illegal under state law? [read post]
22 Feb 2018, 5:28 am
[American Lawyer] * Boies is leading a coalition challenging the "winner-take-all" electoral system -- but not the Electoral College itself -- as an affront to "one person, one vote. [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm
Obama was, in fact, otherwise extremely aggressive in his deportation efforts, so aggressive in fact that he earned the derisive nickname “deporter-in-chief” by immigration advocates.But Obama did take the humane and sensible step of trying to let the Dreamers know that they were not being targeted, allowing them to continue to make long-term decisions like attending college and graduate school, buying homes, and so on.Because it was Obama who took that action, Republicans… [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 10:18 am
"Birke v.The 538 Individual Members of the Electoral College (C.D. [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 4:51 am
” When I easily won the Electoral College, the whole game changed and the Russian excuse became the narrative of the Dems. [read post]
19 Feb 2018, 2:45 am
The 12th Amendment dealt with the disputed election of 1800, which ended up in a tie when presidential and vice presidential candidates were allocated the same Electoral College votes. [read post]
17 Feb 2018, 2:55 am
The 12th Amendment made sure separate ballots were cast in the Electoral College for President and Vice President; the House would settle an election without a majority winner with a contingent election featuring the top three vote getters; and the House would determine rules for conducting the election. [read post]
16 Feb 2018, 10:20 am
We should not forget the mendacity of this loser of both the popular vote and the electoral college in the 2012 presidential election. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 3:00 am
When the votes were counted in December 1840, Harrison had won the Electoral College vote easily, but the popular vote was very close. [read post]
5 Feb 2018, 11:00 am
These laws have largely been promulgated by Republicans and target election fraud — actual or perceived — in an attempt to restore some integrity to the electoral process. [read post]
