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I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College

Simon Sheaff | Posted 05.31.2012

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This week, Mitt Romney officially clinched the Republican nomination for President. Now the real race can officially begin: Obama vs. Romney for the most powerful position on the earth.

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Electoral College Challenged

Jim Jaffe | Posted 04.20.2012

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This year's election may be the last one where it is possible to win the American presidency while receiving fewer votes than your opponent.

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Cleaning Up Hamilton's Mess -- and Madison's

Carl Pope | Posted 02.22.2012

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The National Popular Vote gives us a simple way to preserve state leverage over presidential elections without amending the Constitution while still protecting us against electing a minority president.

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Jerry Brown Signs Popular Vote Bill

AP | By JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 10.08.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that would award all of California's 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national...

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Popular Vote v. Electoral College (Why The Media Badly Needs A History Lesson)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's painful to watch these fools -- they don't know how a five-point popular vote victory almost always translates when it comes to the only metric that matters -- the Electoral College. (Hint: landslide).

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National Popular Vote: A Win for Our Democracy in Massachusetts

Rob Richie | Posted 05.25.2011

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The National Popular Vote plan builds on states' exclusive power to decide how to allocate their electoral votes. Rather than pushing for a federal change to abolish the Electoral College, the plan uses state power to make it obsolete.

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Maine Voters To Decide Future Of Gay Marriage Law

AP | DAVID SHARP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORTLAND, Maine — Gay marriage has lost in every single state in which it has been put to a popular vote. Come Election Day, gay-rights supporte...

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Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.

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Never Fear: Your Exit Poll is Here!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Ten-Foot Poll was created to plug some of those glaring gaps in the election coverage offered by the networks, the cable outlets and even the internet.

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American Beauty

Darin Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

It's nearly impossible to grasp the sheer gravity of this moment. All watched with gaping mouths, transfixed by pride and disbelief, as Obama appeared for the first time as the next President.

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McCain Camp Mood: "Great Fight" ... "No Regrets"

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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MSNBC describes the mood in John McCain's villa: Senior staffers are gathering to spend time with Senator McCain at the "family villa" they are usin...

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Bush To Obama: "What An Awesome Night For You"

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Bush has called Barack Obama to congratulate him on winning the presidency. The two-term Republican president told the I...

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Election Results: States To Watch

NY Times/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pundits and pollsters may be trying to take all the fun out of Election Day. So many have predicted a lopsided victory for Senator Barack Obama over S...

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President Obama: Barack Obama Becomes America's 44th President

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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See below for the results of election 2008! Daily Kos Map CNN's Electoral Map Google Map: Follow Presidential, Senate House Races CBS News ...

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Kerry: "Tonight New Dreams Are Born"

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Kerry released the following statement in response to Sen. Barack Obama's victory: "Tonight we elected a President who has inspired a major...

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MSNBC Continually Features Inaccurate Poll Closing Times

Media Matters | Posted 05.25.2011

Sometimes, the multitude of information and data that floods the airwaves on Election Day can be too overwhelming to keep track of. During MSNBC's co...

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Presidential Election Momentum... The Winner May Be National Popular Vote

Rob Richie | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a special way this election may be part of history: 2008 promises to be the very last election held under the current Electoral College system.

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Abolish the Electoral College: House Joint Resolution 36

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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The race is no longer about delegates, party rules, or even the popular vote, it's now about electoral votes. And because the race is close, once again a major Constitutional flaw is exposed--the Electoral College.

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"Popular Vote" Claims Just A Myth

Charles Kozierok | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Winning the popular vote" doesn't mean what most people think it does, and the conclusions that people draw from this bogus metric are myths.

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Exclusive Interview: An M.I.T. And A Yale Professors' Cure For The Electoral College

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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I had the chance recently to interview two professors in the field of statistics (from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology),...

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Obama Could Win Vote, Lose Election

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Until 2000, it hadn't happened in more than 100 years, but plugged-in observers from both parties see a distinct possibility of Barack Obama winning t...

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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Hillary's Popular Vote Notion only 'Popular' with the Punditocracy

Donald Sutherland | Posted 05.25.2011

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Haven't we had enough of Mrs. Clinton's mad antics in her pursuit of the realization of venal personal ambition?

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Hillary Clinton and the Popular Vote: Not Wrong, But Meaningless

Daniel Koffler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even if the Clinton math weren't a cynical and mendacious display of disrespect for the intelligence of the American people, it would still be flagrantly contradictory on its own terms.

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Clinton Camp Misrepresents ABC's Popular Vote Tally

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.25.2011

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In today's edition of "The Note," ABC News' Rick Klein wrote that "By one (rightly disputed) metric -- the popular vote, including Florida and Michiga...

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