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Electoral college undermines democracy, say critics, who call for its abolition to ensure voters’ voices are heard and their votes count. From our readers:
A 235-year-old system . So if it’s a less-than-ideal system, why is the US still using it 235 years after the Constitutional Convention in 1787? ... Two alternatives to the Electoral College.
But in 2016 he won in the electoral college with slim majorities in several toss-up states. That is the only way he can win the looming election, a contest all the polls show is too close to call.
The closest the United States has come to abolishing the Electoral College occurred during the 91st Congress (1969–1971). [14] 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 had ...
The Electoral College is outdated and it’s undemocratic. It’s time to end it.” To be sure, Trump would have still won the 2024 election if it had been decided by popular vote.
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 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.
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 ...