Nearly Half of All Americans Want to Get Rid of Electoral College

Eliminating Electoral College favored by majority of Americans

63% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the ...

Nearly Half of All Americans Want to Get Rid of Electoral College: Poll

Individuals that voted for President-elect Joe Biden made up 75 percent of those who believe the Electoral College should be abolished.

61% of Americans Support Abolishing Electoral College - Gallup News

Three in five Americans favor amending the US Constitution to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote system, marking a six-percentage point uptick ...

It's time to abolish the Electoral College - Brookings Institution

In most elections, the Electoral College has operated smoothly. State voters have cast their ballots and the presidential candidate with the most votes in a ...

A Lesson in Basic Civics for People Who Stubbornly Defend the ...

Attendees at the 2024 Republican National Convention look at a map of the US Electoral College. (Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg via Getty ...

Americans Still Favor Replacing Electoral College System

Nearly six in 10 Americans prefer that the presidential election winner be determined by the popular vote rather than the Electoral College.

An unseen problem with the Electoral College — it tells bad guys ...

Here is a quick refresher about how the system works today: After citizens vote in the presidential election in November, the Constitution ...

Ahead of 2020 election, majority of Americans say popular vote ...

40% of U.S. adults prefer to keep the current system in which the candidate who receives the most Electoral College vote wins the election.

Should We Abolish the Electoral College? - STANFORD magazine

Yes. By Jack Rakove, the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and a professor of political science. In this extraordinarily strange ...

Electoral College vs popular vote: Which do Americans support?

A handful of states will decide whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be our next president. Why does the USA use this voting system?

Why do we still have the Electoral College? | CNN Politics

Georgia Democratic elector Deborah Gonzalez signs a paper ballot solidifying her Electoral College vote for Kamala Harris as vice president at ...

A definitive case against the Electoral College | Vox

If Trump loses the popular vote by a few million votes and somehow manages to win the election by securing 270 electoral votes, discontent over this ...

Can We Fire the Electoral College? Probably Not, but We Can Put It ...

The Democratic candidate did win the popular vote in this election. But in 2004, if John Kerry had won Florida or Ohio he would have passed the ...

Here Are The Republicans Who Objected To The Electoral College ...

More than a dozen Republican senators originally said they would object to at least one state's election results. After the violence that ...

Should we change the Electoral College?

When voters go to the polls in a Presidential election, they actually are voting for the slate of electors vowing to cast their ballots for that ticket in the ...

How the Electoral College Works and Why It Exists | Independent Lens

Official website: https://to.pbs.org/3zn4v2k | #IndieLensPBS At a time when many Americans question democratic institutions, "One Person, ...

Does your vote really count in the Electoral College? - The Hill

The most critical election to Americans, ever, will take place with only a small number of Americans actually making a difference in deciding who wins.

Frequently Asked Questions | National Archives

If the candidate with a majority of the electoral votes is considered “President elect” before the counting of electoral votes in Congress, §3 of the 20th ...

What could replace the Electoral College? - The Conversation

The U.S. is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election.

Problems with the Electoral College - FairVote.org

The Electoral College gives disproportionate voting power to states, favoring the smaller states with more electoral votes per person.