Friday, November 18, 2016

Salon: Three common arguments for preserving the Electoral College – and why they’re wrong

In November 2000, newly elected New York Senator Hillary Clinton promised that when she took office in 2001, she would introduce a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College, the 18th-century, state-by-state, winner-take-all system for selecting the president. She never pursued her promise – a decision that must haunt her today. In this year's election, she won at least 600,000 more votes than Donald Trump, but lost by a significant margin in the Electoral College.  ...
http://www.salon.com/2016/11/16/three-common-arguments-for-preserving-the-electoral-college-and-why-theyre-wrong_partner/



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