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  2. Federalist No. 68 - Wikipedia

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    The interests of slave-holding states may have influenced the choice of the Electoral College as the mode of electing the president. James Wilson proposed the use of a direct election by the people, but he gained no support for this idea, and it was decided that Congress would elect the president.

  3. Constitutionality of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

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    The National Popular Vote (NPV) Initiative: Direct Election of the President by Interstate Compact (Report). Congressional Research Service; Williams, Norman R. (2012). "Why the National Popular Vote Compact is Unconstitutional". BYU Law Review. 2012 (5). J. Reuben Clark Law School: 1523–1580.

  4. Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President ...

  5. United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Progressive Era reformers then looked to the primary election as a way to measure popular opinion of candidates, as opposed to the opinion of the bosses. Florida enacted the first presidential primary in 1901. The Wisconsin direct open primary of 1905 was the first to eliminate the caucus and mandate direct selection of national convention ...

  6. Efforts to reform the United States Electoral College

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    Under the Electoral College, it is always possible that the winner of the popular vote will not be elected. This has already happened in three elections, 1824, 1876, and 1888. In the last election, the result could have been changed by a small shift of votes in Ohio and Hawaii, despite a popular vote difference of 1.7 million.

  7. Opinion: The U.S. alone is saddled with an electoral college ...

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    In 2016 and 2020 Donald Trump lost the popular election by several million votes. But in 2016 he won in the electoral college with slim majorities in several toss-up states.

  8. FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Lose The Popular Vote By Two ...

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    A viral post shared on Threads claims President-elect Donald Trump lost the popular vote by 2% in the 2024 election. View on Threads Verdict: False The claim is false. Multiple sources, including ...

  9. Electoral College abolition amendment - Wikipedia

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    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.