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A compelling case for abolishing the Electoral College can be made in two words: Donald Trump. What more evidence does the nation need for direct popular election? It’s one of the cruelest ...
The Electoral College also disproportionally represents smaller states. The number of electoral votes a state receives is equal to the number of senators and representatives a state has.
The Electoral College was officially selected as the means of electing president towards the end of the Constitutional Convention, due to pressure from slave states wanting to increase their voting power, since they could count slaves as 3/5 of a person when allocating electors, and by small states who increased their power given the minimum of ...
The closest that the United States has come to abolishing the Electoral College occurred during the 91st Congress (1969–1971). [1] The presidential election of 1968 resulted in Richard Nixon receiving 301 electoral votes (56% of electors), Hubert Humphrey 191 (35.5%), and George Wallace 46 (8.5%) with 13.5% of the popular vote. However, Nixon ...
While the Electoral College has its defenders, there’s a much deeper bench of people who don’t understand exactly why it is that 538 electors, not 330 million-plus American voters, actually ...
Electoral college undermines democracy, say critics, who call for its abolition to ensure voters’ voices are heard and their votes count. From our readers:
The closest the United States has come to abolishing the Electoral College occurred during the 91st Congress (1969–1971). [14] The presidential election of 1968 resulted in Richard Nixon receiving 301 electoral votes (56% of electors), Hubert Humphrey 191 (35.5%), and George Wallace 46 (8.5%) with 13.5% of the popular vote. However, Nixon had ...
A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 63% of Americans would rather elect the president through a national popular vote, highlighting the Electoral College's anti-democratic "wasted votes ...