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In most presidential election years, the event is a formality that is barely noticed. But 2020 is no ordinary year.
Why we have the Electoral College. The rules for the Electoral College are outlined in the 12th Amendment of the Constitution. Because democracy was a new idea at the time, says Field, the nation ...
A president can win the electoral college without winning the popular vote. This has happened four times in U.S. history, twice in the 1800s and twice this century.
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 Electoral College has become one of the more controversial parts of the election cycle. Here's how it works and where Oklahoma plays a role.
The Electoral College is how the president of the United States is elected. In the U.S., there are 538 votes up for grabs between all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The Electoral College physically casting their ballots is more of a formality today, but the Constitution still determines how the process works. Weeks after Election Day, attention turns to the ...
If neither candidate gets a majority of electoral votes, or in the event of a 269-269 tie, the Electoral College hands the deciding vote over to Congress. In 1824, when four candidates ran for ...