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Hillary wins popular vote; Trump wins proportional electoral college — maybe

November 22, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Politics, States, Widgets: Voting One comment

As both Democrats, some Republicans and backers of third-party candidates look for ways to tweak the Electoral College for a different outcome to the

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Let’s award electoral votes to the national popular vote winner

November 11, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Voting One comment

What should be done about the Electoral College, now that, for the fifth time in US history, one candidate has won the popular vote,

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