FOR JAKE AUCHINCLOSS, the first days in office as a new member of Congress have felt the same as they likely did for hundreds of lawmakers before him — momentous […]
electoral college
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The antiquated Electoral College
WHEN THE FOUNDING generation realized the Electoral College they created contained serious flaws, they changed it to reflect emerging norms of democracy. We should follow their example. The method of […]
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Unpopular vote
President Samuel J. Tilden. Ring a bell? Probably not since he lost. Tilden was the first of four presidential candidates in American history to fall victim to the Electoral College, winning […]