How America’s electoral college favours white voters

Posted on AllSides August 14th, 2020
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Afundamental test for any voting system is whether it treats citizens equally. America’s presidential election uses the “electoral college”, which allocates 538 votes based on states’ representation in Congress. A candidate who wins the popular vote in a state is allocated its chunk of electoral-college votes (ecvs)—from just three for Vermont, to 55 for California. Nominees must amass 270 ecvs to win.

This system can lead to unfair outcomes: in two of the past five elections, the winner of the White House (a Republican) did not win the national popular...

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