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Article: Democrats want it both ways on the popular vote
Post-Tribune (IN);  June 10, 2008 ;     682 words ......minutes ago. When Al Gore won the popular vote in the 2000 election by half...the sacred importance of the popular vote was either an idiot or a dangerous...But now Hillary has won the popular vote in a Democratic primary, while...

Article: Popular vote campaign gains popularity.(Editorial)
The Boston Herald;  May 30, 2008 ;     574 words ......creamed John McCain in the nationwide popular vote, but McCain prevails because he won...calculating that McCain could lose the popular vote and still win the presidency. That scenario...for our Legislature to pass a National Popular Vote bill. It was approved in committee last...

Article: Why the Popular Vote Argument Has Disappeared.
The New York Observer (New York, NY);  May 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......meaningless but symbolically crucial popular vote tally on the Democratic side. At the...nine points and was claiming to be the popular vote leader, positioning herself - in theory...Democrats participated but no official popular vote tally was kept - and I concluded that...

Article: EDITORIAL: Save the Electoral College: Going to direct popular vote in presidential elections would cause more harm than good.(Editorial)
News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN);  April 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......direct election of the president by popular vote. His attempt is starting to gain some...working for passage there of the National Popular Vote Plan, which was approved and, this week...presidential candidate wins the national popular vote. But the plan will go into effect only...

Article: Obama wins 52 pct popular vote in presidential election
Xinhua News Agency;  November 5, 2008 ;     141 words ...Obama wins 52 pct popular vote in presidential election WASHINGTON...has won the highest proportion of popular vote since Republican George H. W. Bush...Wednesday. The 52 percent of the popular vote that Obama won -- 63.4 million ballots...

Article: Electoral, popular vote split could get ugly.(News)
The Boston Herald;  November 3, 2000 ;     508 words ......presidential race: one man wins the popular vote while the other collects an Electoral...storm of public outrage if Bush won the popular vote but was denied the presidency. That...the candidate who wins the state's popular vote is supposed to get all of its electoral...

Article: Popular Vote Plan Dies in N.D., Mont.
AP Online;  February 9, 2007 ;     298 words ......presidency to the winner of the nationwide popular vote has been defeated in North Dakota and...setbacks this year for the National Popular Vote plan, said spokeswoman Breeanna Mierop...presidential candidate who wins the popular vote. "If you look at the population trends...

Article: National Popular Vote initiative merits passage
Columbia Daily Tribune;  July 25, 2006 ;     228 words ......Another reason to support the National Popular Vote: I encourage everyone to read J. Scott...12 article in support of the National Popular Vote initiative. To summarize the initiative...votes to the winner of the national popular vote, rather than the winner of each state...

Article: More Projections on the Popular Vote for Clinton and Obama.(Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama)
U.S. News & World Report;  April 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......pennsylvania-results-mean-clinton-could-win-the-popular-vote-and-obama-the-pledged-delegate-count...noting that Clinton is currently ahead in popular vote (with Michigan and Florida included...realclearpolitics.com compilation of the popular vote doesn't credit Obama with the votes...

Article: Blagojevich signs popular vote bill
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 8, 2008 ;     479 words ......presidency goes to the winner of the popular vote, joining Maryland and New Jersey in...California-based advocacy group National Popular Vote Inc. to get around the Electoral College...said John R. Koza, chairman of National Popular Vote Inc. The Electoral College is set up...

Article: Popular vote: Flawed argument ; If true parity were the goal, why not change the structure of the Senate
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  April 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the candidate that wins the national popular vote, and not the candidate preferred by...The first flawed plank in the national popular vote movement's arguments is revealed every...minority will be insecure." In a national popular vote system, candidates do not have to appeal...

Article: Popular-Vote Math Made Easy.
The New York Observer (New York, NY);  May 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Clinton renewing her declaration of a popular-vote lead in the Democratic nomination contest...on the actual math. Deriving an exact popular-vote count is tricky, since there are several...primaries or caucuses in which exact popular vote tallies were maintained, the current...

Article: Electoral-college system means winning popular vote might not be enough.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 30, 2000 ;     700+ words ......president and others who wanted a direct popular vote. They created what came to be known...Gore were elected despite losing the popular vote, he would go into office without any...produced presidents who didn't win the popular vote. It happened in 1824, 1876 and 1888...

Article: ELECTORAL COLLEGE AT QUESTION | POPULAR VOTE: OPINIONS STILL VARY ABOUT FOUNDING FATHERS' SYSTEM
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  November 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......than 100 years to lose the country's popular vote and still garner enough electoral college...knows, however, if he actually lost the popular vote? That's one of many questions asked...Democratic candidate Al Gore leads the popular vote by less than 200,000 votes doesn't ...