Time to eliminate the Electoral College?
Nobody knows." With some national polls showing the possibility of Romney winning the popular vote over Obama but failing to secure 270 electoral votes, an effort is underway to eliminate the Electoral College. The so-called "college" essentially is a ...www.foxnews.com
Chart Dump!: Swings, Probabilities, Electoral College Counts, Raw Data
A distribution over Obama Electoral College counts. The bottom line (literally): The probability of an Obama win in the Electoral College is now about 90 percent. Three-hundred-thirty-two and 303 are the two most likely Obama EV outcomes, closely ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Nirvana founder: End Electoral College
As the board chair of FairVote, Nirvana co-founder Krist Novoselic has been studying politics and elections for years. But he's not exactly chomping at the bit for Tuesday night.www.politico.com
The Electoral College Defends Liberty
Before deciding against the Electoral College, every American should understand two things about our system of government. First, America's not a democracy.www.usnews.com
Let's kill the electoral college so we never have to pay attention to Ohio and ...
Thanks to the Electoral College, and our bizarre system of assigning electoral votes, and our decentralized and easily demogogued system of determining who gets to vote, and when, and how, the minority of voters who show up to vote in midterms and ...www.salon.com
Biden predicts big victory in Electoral College
Biden predicts big victory in Electoral College. It wasn't quite a guarantee, but Vice President Joe Biden predicted Sunday that he and President Barack Obama will win re-election - "and I don't think it's going to be close in the Electoral College ...seattletimes.com
US Election: China Fascinated By American Politics Amid Beijing Political ...
BEIJING -- Where can a pop star score a hit by talking about the U.S. Electoral College for 33 minutes? In China, where Gao Xiaosong's straightforward explanation of the system drew more than 1 million hits in four days.www.huffingtonpost.com
Electoral College Favors Democrats
I often hear my Republican/right-of-center friends express fear of the national popular vote because they don't want to lose the advantage they believe the current winner-take-all system awards conservatives.www.usnews.com
NARA map shows elections past and future
NARA's interactive electoral college map, here set to show Ronald Reagan's landslide 1984 win, allows users to look up past elections and test scenarios in the current contest.fcw.com
Breakdown and Q&A of the Electoral College
(RNN) - With the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election just a day away, the candidates are focusing last-ditch efforts in a handful of states.www.wtvm.com
UT political science professor breaks down the electoral college
Many students were unaware that the Electoral College was used to pick the final winner.More >>. Students at Powell High School held a mock presidential election Monday.www.wate.com
Rooting Against the Electoral College on Election Eve
Divergence in recent weeks between national polls and battleground state polls has many wondering if we might be in for the magic split between popular vote and Electoral College outcome. The prognosticators are dubious— Sam Wang at Princeton makes ...www.nashvillescene.com
George Savage: Time to eliminate the Electoral College
Our country could easily, with a little bad luck, face an electoral crisis. What if, for example, Romney wins the popular vote and Obama wins the electoral vote? According to the rules, Obama would win, but it would surely lead to a crisis of legitimacy.host.madison.com
Electoral College: Should we ditch it for a popular vote?
It's a debate we seem to have each presidential election year: Should we ditch the Electoral College in favor of a straight popular vote?minnesota.publicradio.org
Panel: Obama has electoral college advantage
... Obama's and Mitt Romney's chances of winning Tuesday's election, and they agree that the president has an easier path to 270 electoral votes.www.cbsnews.com
Last Updated: 3 minutes ago
How does the Electoral College work? Posted: 11/05/2012. Last Updated: 3 minutes ago. The talk of 2012 election is all about the Electoral College. The Electoral College is established in the U.S. Constitution. Each state is given a number of electors ...www.turnto23.com
Electoral College reform could fracture America
The Maine/Nebraska model is not necessarily what Hillary Clinton and millions of frustrated democrats meant when they shouted for Electoral College reform after the 2000 fiasco. But it is the simplest reform. "Any state can do that," said Tara Ross ...www.dw.de
Obama's campaign is ending where it all began
Where can a pop star score a hit by talking about the U.S. Electoral College for 33 minutes? In China, where Gao Xiaosong's straightforward explanation of the system drew more than 1 million hits in four days.www.wect.com
The imperfect electoral college
THIS YEAR, once again, Americans are confronted with the distinct possibility that the winner of a tight presidential race might not be the candidate who received the most votes.www.washingtonpost.com
Even better than the popular vote
Tomorrow, the battle for the presidency reaches its dramatic conclusion. And while a split between the popular and electoral vote is highly unlikely, the crusade to change the system will drag on. Those who argue most vociferously for scrapping the ...bostonglobe.com
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