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One advocate for the amendments, James Madison, wrote in 1823 that the district plan "was mostly, if not exclusively, in view when the Constitution was framed and adopted." [8] Between 1813 and 1824 the Senate approved amendments for the district plan four different times, and the House approved a separate amendment in 1820. None of the ...
However, the district plan would have given Obama 49% of the Electoral College in 2012, and would have given Romney a win in the Electoral College even though Obama won the popular vote by nearly 4% (51.1–47.2) over Romney.
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.
Under the Electoral College, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are allocated a certain number of electoral votes equal to their two senators and their number of representatives.
Here is how the Electoral College works. To win the presidency, a candidate must win the electoral vote. ... which grants electoral votes to the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on ...
Abolishing the Electoral College would require a constitutional amendment. (Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware;Editing by Noeleen Walder and Rosalba O'Brien) Show comments
There have long been concerns about problems with the Electoral College method of selecting the president and vice president. Under this system, the party that wins a plurality in a given state gets all that state's electoral votes. (In Maine and Nebraska, the plurality rule applies to each congressional district.)
A president can win the electoral college without winning the popular vote. This has happened four times in U.S. history, twice in the 1800s and twice this century.