Electoral College reflect the popular vote
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The United States is the only developed country in the world where its citizens cannot vote directly for their leader (in this case, the president). Instead, voters vote for president, and their votes are transformed into electors as part of the Electoral College. It takes 270 electorate votes of the 538 possible electoral votes to become president. Four times in American history the winner of the presidential election did not receive the majority of the popular vote: 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000.
As it is near impossible to amend the Constitution, what else can be done to make the Electoral College more reflective of the popular vote?
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This solution looks at ways in which the electoral college can be brought in line with the popular vote.
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I'm not sure I agree with the premise of this question (it itself notes that the two have diverged only 4 times in history, and only once in the past 120 years), but there are different ways to "make the Electoral College more reflective of the popular vote."
First is to amend the Constitution - the fact that it is "near impossible" to amend the ...
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