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Category Archives: electoral college
“When the Electoral Map Governs Presidential Campaign Strategy”
John Harwood for the NYT:
Donald J. Trump’s progress in national polls has done something in the 2016 presidential race that is unusual. It has made the Electoral College matter.
Usually it doesn’t. Because voter preferences are distributed relatively… Continue reading
“Georgia Republican says he might withhold electoral college vote from Donald Trump”
What If Trump Pulled Out After Winning?
NYT:
On the off chance he actually is planning to back out, what would happen?
Alexander Keyssar, a historian at Harvard who is working on a book about the Electoral College, said the process of succession would depend on… Continue reading
“Bring Back The Electoral College — For Real”
Ed Zelinsky:
The conventional wisdom is that an independent candidate must run to provide an alternative to the major parties’ candidates. I instead suggest another course: Bring back the Electoral College as the active chooser of the 45th president. We… Continue reading
“No, a Conservative Third-Party Candidate Can’t Steal the Electoral College”
“GOP Attempt to Change Nebraska’s Electoral Vote System Fails”
AP:
Nebraska’s Republican lawmakers were thwarted Tuesday in their attempts to reinstate a winner-take-all system for presidential electors, a move that would have increased the GOP nominee’s chances of winning all five of the state’s votes in November.
The… Continue reading
“Federalism and the Electoral College: The Development of the General Ticket Method for Selecting Presidential Electors”
Robert Ross for Publius:
This article contributes to our understanding of the development of the federal aspect of the Electoral College by analyzing how and why states adopted the general ticket method currently used by all but two states. I… Continue reading
“Trump: I Will Take Office if I Win the Popular Vote, Even If I Lose Electoral College”
AP:
A defiant Donald Trump, speaking at a rally Wednesday in Waukesha, Wisconsin, slammed the undemocratic nature of Electoral College, which awards presidential electors by state, and promised to take office if he wins the overall popular… Continue reading
“How John Kasich Could End Up Picking the Next President; A bizarre, tangled, 130-year-old law could leave the 2016 election up to the Ohio governor—unless Congress acts now
Ned Foley for Politico:
In this situation, the Supreme Court could step in to resolve the dispute. But the odds of that happening have probably decreased due to the vociferous criticism of the Bush v. Gore decision. Not to mention… Continue reading
“If no one else stops Trump, the Electoral College still can. It’s in the Constitution”
Derek Muller for WaPo:
Donald Trump will be the GOP’s presidential nominee. Within the party, talk of a brokered Republican National Convention or even a supporting a third-party candidate has circulated among those hoping to stop him from becoming the… Continue reading
“Understand The Electoral College, Finally”
“This Election Cycle Could End With President Paul Ryan”
Ari Savitzky:
Paul Ryan could become our next President without receiving a single vote. This isn’t fantasy or anarchy. It’s a possible result of the Twelfth Amendment, and its rickety, 200-year-old backup plan for failures of the Electoral College.