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Tomas McIntee in Electoral University Press

Nov 28, 2021

The extra “senator” electors

In the American presidential election system, each state is entitled to a number of electors in the Electoral…

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Tomas McIntee in Electoral University Press

Mar 15, 2018

Electing presidents the way the Founding Fathers expected us to

In the history of the United States, the 1824 presidential election is generally considered one of the weirdest presidential elections ever. This election was won by John Quincy Adams. The basic story of what happened is…

Tomas McIntee in Electoral University Press

Jun 22, 2018

The Uncertain Elections: 1876 and 2000

One of the problems with the American presidential electoral system is that it does not handle close contests smoothly. Winner-take-all rules in the Electoral College mean that a narrow result in a single state is enough to cast doubt on the result of the entire…