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Article: Electoral College Could Flunk Democracy.(history of close presidential elections in the United States)(Brief Article)
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- Insight on the News
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- November 13, 2000
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With most polls pointing toward a close presidential election on Nov. 7, it was being asked if it is likely the candidates with the greater popular vote could lose? Indeed they could, because even when one ticket wins "big" in certain states, narrow wins by the opposition in other states, under our winner-take-all system, could allow the party with the lesser popular vote to prevail in the Electoral College.
The Electoral College -- enshrined in the Constitution and, thus, almost impervious to change -- long has been criticized by those favoring democratic over republican principles. Also, because the allocation of electoral votes is based on data from the last ...