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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. However, Nixon ...
Such an amendment, which would abolish the Electoral College, will ensure that the candidate chosen by the voters actually becomes President. 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.
The Electoral College could be abolished by way of a constitutional amendment, which would require support from two-thirds of the House and Senate and ratification from three-fourths of states ...
The Electoral College system was established by Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution, drafted in 1787. [95] [96] It "has been a source of discontent for more than 200 years." [97] Over 700 proposals to reform or eliminate the system have been introduced in Congress, [98] making it one of the most popular topics of constitutional reform.
More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 electors who actually elect the president when they meet in state capitols every four years.
Five hundred and thirty-eight Electoral College votes will soon be divided between this year's presidential nominees, and for CNN’s John King, the countdown is on.. The network’s chief ...
National Popular Vote Inc. disputes that a constitutional amendment is necessary for altering the current method of electing the President because the NPVIC would not abolish the Electoral College, [89] and because states would only be using the plenary power to choose the method by which they appoint their electors that is already delegated to ...
But I really think the reason that they argue for the district system, as opposed to abolishing the Electoral College outright in those years, is the three-fifths bump that the slave states got.