JUAN WILLIAMS
Despite that crucial improvement to the Electoral System, there was still a major issue looming: What if the winner of the popular vote, the candidate chosen by the majority of the nation’s citizens, failed to win the Electoral College, and didn’t become president? This happened for the ...
The Electoral College is a controversial step in the U.S. election process thatdates back to the 18th century. While there's a growing movement totry to get rid of it, others defend the system that gives somestatesmore weight in presidential elections. Why was the Electoral College created ...
Electoral College: A System Born of Compromise Photo12/UIG/Getty Images Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth in 1787 drafting The Great Compromise, a plan for representation in Congress. At the time of the Philadelphia convention, no other country in the world directly elected its chief executive,...
The election of the president of the United States is a highly significant aspect of the American political system. Learn about the U.S. presidential election by exploring its history, process, evolution, and use of the Electoral College. ...
The Electoral College is the system by which the president and the vice president of the United States are chosen.
Read about how presidential elections have changed over time. Explore the history of U.S. presidential elections and the impact of the electoral vote.
Attractive to the rank-and-file, this model necessarily threatened the elites, who quickly set to work fortifying their institutions against the mass. Early in the 21st century, their work remains evident in gerrymandered districts, disproportionate Senate representation, the Electoral College, and ...
The facts: As of this date, Trump has about a1.5% edge in the popular vote,and a decisive win, 312 to 226 over Harris in the Electoral College. By any analysis, it was a very close election. A single percentage point of votes flipping would have given Harris the popular vote lead, ...
All the foregoing structural elements of the Electoral College system remain in effect currently. The original method of electing the President and Vice President, however, proved unworkable and was replaced by the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804. Under the original system, each elector cast two ...