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Aug 28 2019
News
Electoral College
Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted, “The Electoral College isn’t about fairness at all; it’s about empowering some voters over others. Every vote should be = in America, no matter who you are or where you come from. The right thing to do is establish a Popular Vote.” (Twitter)
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) replied, “Abolishing the electoral college means that politicians will
The Flip Side
Jan 04 2021
News
Electoral College Challenge
“U.S. Senator Ted Cruz [R-TX] on Saturday said he will spearhead a drive by nearly a dozen Republican senators to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when Electoral College results are tallied in Congress on Jan. 6.” Reuters
Last Wednesday, “U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced he will object during the Electoral College certification process. Senator Hawley will object
The Flip Side
Mar 21 2019
News
Abolishing the Electoral College
On Monday during a CNN Town Hall, Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for the electoral college to be replaced by a national popular vote. (CNN)
The left argues that the electoral college is inherently undemocratic because it gives some votes more weight than others.
“That we even have to argue about whether a system in which candidates have
The Flip Side
Jan 07 2021
Fact Check
FactChecking the Electoral College Debate
The process of certifying Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States occurred in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, after being disrupted by rioters and delayed by Republicans who repeated false and misleading claims about the election results.
Six Republican senators and more than 100 GOP House members objected to the election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania in a failed
FactCheck.org
Sep 09 2020
Opinion
The Electoral College Will Destroy America
Last week, Nate Silver, the polling analyst, tweeted a chart illustrating the chances that Joe Biden would become president if he wins the most votes in November.
The “if” is probably unnecessary. It’s hard to find anyone who disputes that Mr. Biden will win the most votes. This isn’t a liberal’s fantasy. In a recent panel discussion among four veteran Republican campaign managers, one
New York Times (Opinion)
Sep 09 2020
News
The Electoral College Will Destroy America
Last week, Nate Silver, the polling analyst, tweeted a chart illustrating the chances that Joe Biden would become president if he wins the most votes in November.
The “if” is probably unnecessary. It’s hard to find anyone who disputes that Mr. Biden will win the most votes. This isn’t a liberal’s fantasy. In a recent panel discussion among four veteran Republican campaign managers, one
New York Times (Opinion)
May 16 2023
Opinion
Fake Electors and Fake Crimes in Georgia
While I have been unstinting in condemning efforts to bend the law beyond recognition to find a charge that will stick to Donald Trump, I have thus far mostly avoided commenting on the possible charges being contemplated in Georgia involving Trump’s efforts to get electors certified from a state he lost in 2020. We simply do not have a really clear fix at this point on exactly what legal
National Review
Aug 03 2020
Interactive Debate
Should the Electoral College be abolished?
The Electoral College encourages candidates to focus their campaigns in a small group of swing states rather than the country as a whole.
Kialo
Aug 03 2020
Top Argument
Fix the Electoral College — Or Scrap It
If you were looking for the perfect distillation of how dysfunctional the American system of electing the president is, it would be hard to top last week’s federal appeals court ruling allowing “electors” — the members of the Electoral College — to vote for whomever they want, rather than the candidate they were pledged to support.
“Wait,” you might say, “someone I’ve never even heard
New York Times (Opinion)
Apr 27 2020
Interactive Debate
Should the electoral college be abolished?
The electoral college determines the outcome of all US presidential elections, but for many Americans, the process remains a mystery. Today comprised of 538 “electors,” the electoral college was created by the Founding Fathers out of concern that direct elections by the masses could result in unqualified individuals obtaining the nation’s highest office. But recent controversies have made many
Kialo