Large majority of Americans want to end Electoral College
3 months, 1 week ago

Large majority of Americans want to end Electoral College

Raw Story  

Polling results released Wednesday, less than six weeks away from November's Election Day, show that a majority of Americans want to ditch the Electoral College and "would instead prefer to see the winner of the presidential election be the person who wins the most votes nationally." There have been just five presidential contests in which the Electoral College winner did not also win the nationwide popular vote—1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and most recently in 2016, when Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton by securing key "swing states." Continuing a trend that's lasted over two decades, 8 in 10 Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independents told Pew that they prefer a popular vote system for the presidential contest, while Republicans and Independents who lean toward the GOP were more divided: 53% want to retain the Electoral College and 46% would like to replace it. "Last week's mayhem at the Capitol shows that attempts to manipulate the Electoral College vote by politicians employing falsehoods are a real danger," he added.

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Letters to the Editor: Good luck getting rid of the electoral college
1 month, 1 week ago

Letters to the Editor: Good luck getting rid of the electoral college

LA Times  

The certification of electoral college votes for the state of Alabama is unsealed during a joint session of the House and Senate to confirm the electoral votes cast in the 2020 election. In 1989, as a newly elected member of the Democratic National Committee from California, I submitted a resolution calling for the abolishment of the electoral college to the …

The Electoral College: A Controversial Twist on the 2024 Election
2 months, 1 week ago

The Electoral College: A Controversial Twist on the 2024 Election

Hindustan Times  

The Electoral College, a controversial system that determines the winner of the US presidential election, is back in the spotlight as the 2024 election approaches. Despite losing the popular vote, Donald Trump defied expectations and won the presidency due to the Electoral College system. The rules of this system, established in 1787, require candidates to secure a majority of the …

The Electoral College is a ‘bad’ and ‘undemocratic’ system. So why do we still use it?
1 year ago

The Electoral College is a ‘bad’ and ‘undemocratic’ system. So why do we still use it?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Roosevelt says the founders didn’t see the partisan tilt of the Electoral College …

Opinion: Shut the door on Trump by ending the electoral college
4 years ago

Opinion: Shut the door on Trump by ending the electoral college

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. Despite the electoral college’s central role in the symbolic …

This Team Thinks They Can Fix the Electoral College by 2024
55 years ago

This Team Thinks They Can Fix the Electoral College by 2024

Slate  

On Monday, members of the Electoral College are meeting in their respective states to cast their votes to make Joe Biden the 46th president of the United States. “If you want to run a coup in the United States, this is the way to do it,” John Koza, the chairman of the group National Popular Vote, told more than 1,600 …

EXPLAINER: The Electoral College, an unlovable compromise
4 years ago

EXPLAINER: The Electoral College, an unlovable compromise

Associated Press  

For a compromise that has lasted more than 200 years, the Electoral College doesn’t get a lot of love. According to the National Archives, more Constitutional amendments have been proposed to alter or abolish the Electoral College than on any other subject — more than 700 proposals in the nation’s history. The national popular vote plays no part; five men …

Op-Ed: Even the Founders hated the electoral college
4 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: Even the Founders hated the electoral college

LA Times  

The electoral college has been an anachronism for over a century. The electoral college replicated the Great Compromise reached in July that gave the nationalists popular representation in the House, and the confederationists representation in the Senate. James Madison, the preeminent nationalist, wrote to Thomas Jefferson in Paris, lamenting that the Great Compromise and the electoral college had finessed the …

Today’s Electoral College is nothing like the Founders’ vision (opinion)
4 years, 3 months ago

Today’s Electoral College is nothing like the Founders’ vision (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Robert Alexander is a professor of political science and founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy at Ohio Northern University. After George Washington’s tenure, state parties began securing pledges from presidential electors, which strengthened party control and changed the Electoral College process from its original intent. No longer do we expect presidential electors to exercise …

Electoral College 'Not Carved In Stone:' Author Advocates Rethinking How We Vote
4 years, 9 months ago

Electoral College 'Not Carved In Stone:' Author Advocates Rethinking How We Vote

NPR  

Electoral College 'Not Carved In Stone:' Author Advocates Rethinking How We Vote Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Makela/Getty Images Mark Makela/Getty Images The U.S. has had two recent presidential elections in which the winner of the popular vote — Al Gore in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 — ultimately lost to the challenger for the seat. Recently, states …

The many challenges to the Electoral College
5 years, 8 months ago

The many challenges to the Electoral College

The Hindu  

“My view is that every vote matters and the way we can make that happen is that we can have national voting and that means get rid of the Electoral College — and every vote counts,” Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said a few weeks ago. Ms. Warren is a part of a growing list of Democratic presidential candidates who …

Abolishing The Electoral College Would Be More Complicated Than It May Seem
5 years, 9 months ago

Abolishing The Electoral College Would Be More Complicated Than It May Seem

NPR  

Abolishing The Electoral College Would Be More Complicated Than It May Seem Enlarge this image toggle caption John Locher/AP John Locher/AP Most people in America want the Electoral College gone, and they want to select a president based on who gets the most votes nationally, polls say. President Trump once supported abolishing the Electoral College — he previously felt it …

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