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Jan 5, 2021 · Gallup reports 61 percent of Americans support abolishing the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote. However, that support diverges widely based on political parties, with...
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Dec 4, 2016 · In the seven presidential elections since 1992, the Republican candidate has won the popular vote just once but has prevailed in the Electoral College three times — and the trends show that the...
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Mar 19, 2019 · Democrats, who keep losing elections where they get more votes, want to get rid of the Electoral College and Republicans, who keep winning elections where they...
- Reality Check 1: Biden Can’T Be Fdr
- Reality Check 2: The Fight Is Asymmetrical—And Favors The GOP
- The Plausible (But Difficult) SOLUTION: Just Win more.
There’s no question that Biden is swinging for the fences. Beyond the emerging bipartisan infrastructure bill, he has proposed a far-reaching series of programs that would collectively move the United States several steps closer to the kind of “social democracy” prevalent in most industrialized nations: free community college, big support for child...
While Democrats gesture on Twitter at building new systems, Republicans are working the current one with ruthless effectiveness. The threats to a free and fair election that have emerged since last November are real—and require nothing more than the willingness of state legislators to use and abuse the existing tools of government. Arizona, whose t...
Whether the public sees Democratic demands for these structural changes as overdue or overreaching, the key point is that they are currently exercises in futility. The only plausible road to winning their major policy goals is… to win by winning. This means politics, not re-engineering. They need to find ways to take down their opponents, and then ...
Sep 14, 2020 · WASHINGTON (AP) — WHY IS IT THAT ONE CANDIDATE CAN WIN THE POPULAR VOTE BUT ANOTHER WINS THE ELECTORAL VOTE AND THUS THE PRESIDENCY? That’s how the framers of the Constitution set it up.
Aug 15, 2022 · So if a Republican presidential candidate wins the popular vote in your state, then electors that the Republican Party has chosen will cast votes for that candidate, and vice versa for...
Jun 10, 2021 · Democrats don't have the votes in the states or in Congress to stop these laws, so Democrats are trying to build public pressure against them. Republicans say their goal is to fight future ...
