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The Collapsing Electoral College

The Collapsing Electoral College

How it's becoming worse over time.

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Sep 04, 2024
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I don’t think people realize the extent to which presidential elections have changed radically over the last several decades. For the worse. It’s all about the Electoral College.

Dial back to 1960, which was basically a tie election in the overall vote (John Kennedy beat Richard Nixon by less than two-tenths of  percentage point). In that election, the d…

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