The Electoral College gave Joe Biden a majority of its votes Monday, confirming his victory in last month’s election in state-by-state voting that took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he lost. The Associated Press reports: California’s 55 electoral votes put Biden over the top, clearing the 270-vote mark that affirmed he will be…
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Defeating Trump, Joe Biden Declared Winner of US Presidential Elections
“BIDEN WINS” declares the all-caps headline at CNN.com. And the headline at NBC News reads “JOE BIDEN DEFEATS DONALD TRUMP TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE, NBC NEWS PROJECTS.” NBC News reports: Joe Biden became president-elect Saturday after winning the pivotal state of Pennsylvania, NBC News projected. The former vice president amassed 273 Electoral College votes after winning Pennsylvania’s 20 electors, according…
Defeating Trump, Joe Biden Declared Winner of US Presidential Election
“BIDEN WINS” declares the all-caps headline at CNN.com. And the headline at NBC News reads “JOE BIDEN DEFEATS DONALD TRUMP TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE, NBC NEWS PROJECTS.” NBC News reports: Joe Biden became president-elect Saturday after winning the pivotal state of Pennsylvania, NBC News projected. The former vice president amassed 273 Electoral College votes after winning Pennsylvania’s 20 electors, according…
Who invented the Electoral College?
Here’s how the U.S. electoral college came to be. Source: https://www.livescience.com/who-invented-electoral-college.html
Why You Can’t Rely on Election Forecasts
Zeynep Tufekci, writing at The New York Times: There’s a strong case for ignoring the predictions. Why do we have models? Why can’t we just consider polling averages? Well, presidents are not elected by a national vote total but by the electoral votes of each state, so national polls do not give us the information we need. As two of the…
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Remotely
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments remotely for the next two weeks, and for the first time in history, the audio will be available, live, to the public. From a report: The arguments include high-profile cases about birth control access, religious freedom, the Electoral College and President Trump’s financial records. They are scheduled to take place Monday through Wednesday on…
The Constitution’s “natural-born” defect
All American citizens should be able to become president. Previous essays in this series have addressed fundamental flaws in the Constitution: the ill-defined nature of presidential powers, the malapportionment of the Senate, the Electoral College. But I wish to draw my readers’ attention to a less central, but still important defect: the requirement, stated in… Continue reading The Constitution’s “natural-born” defect
Actually, the Electoral College Was a Pro-Slavery Ploy
That fact alone doesn’t mean it ought to be scrapped. But we should be clear about its disreputable origins. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/electoral-college-slavery.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Electoral College Was Not a Pro-Slavery Ploy
There is a lot wrong with how we choose the president. But the framers did not put it into the Constitution to protect the South. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/the-electoral-college-slavery-myth.html?partner=rss&emc=rss