symposium.(the electoral college)

Insight on the News;  December 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ......the 42 smallest states together comprise a majority of 282 Electoral College votes. But these states possess only 46...Framers. But the Electoral College protects no individual...power of certain states. And just because...offered for the Electoral College is ...

ELECTORAL COLLEGE WELL WORTH KEEPING.(Opinion)(Editorial)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  November 12, 2000 ;     656 words ......flyover'' states. * The logic behind the Electoral College is consistent...Replacing the Electoral College, and the...votes by states (not a constitutional...vote. The Electoral College forces presidential...appeal to all states, not just...

Electoral College doesn't need fixing

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ......ignored. The Electoral College also amplifies...within large states. African Americans...the United States. But under the Electoral College system, they...in certain states. Because of the Electoral College, all of these...

Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America.(Book Review)

Presidential Studies Quarterly;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......notion that the electoral college protects the interests of small states and minorities...rationales for the electoral college are not rooted...they do: small states have little community...the power of the states in presidential...principle. In Why the Electoral ...

The Subversive Plan to Ditch the Electoral College

Human Events;  May 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......NPV) is to get states with at least 270 votes in the Electoral College to enact identical...representation of the states and the House...population. The Electoral College is the mirror...and allows all states to be players...President. The Electoral College is ...

Keep Electoral College; it serves all

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  January 24, 2001 ;     683 words ......of the United States. A second important...effect of the Electoral College is that it promotes...in the United States. But under the electoral college system, they...several large states. Because of the Electoral College, these groups...

Electoral College in the spotlight, again.(The Dallas Morning News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......support of the Electoral College. So many people live in states where there...the United States don't actually...belongs to the Electoral College, one of the...exact same states this time...founders saw the Electoral College as a kind...

Electoral College in the spotlight, again.

Dallas Morning News;  October 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......support of the Electoral College. So many people live in states where there...the United States don't actually...belongs to the Electoral College, one of the...exact same states this time...founders saw the Electoral College as a kind...

Eliminating Electoral College would hurt some voting groups

Post-Tribune (IN);  March 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......votes. Without the Electoral College, presidential...concerned with winning states; they would focus...populations, and even states with a significant...homosexual vote. The Electoral College is important because...advantages the Electoral College gives to ...

Jewish Clout Tied To Electoral College? With system under fire, concern...

The New York Jewish Week;  November 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......clout to the big states where they are...to live. "The Electoral College is a way of diffusing...or modify the Electoral College are remote. Small states with few electoral...buck -- critical Electoral College states where the outcome...

Blacks and the Electoral College

Precinct Reporter;  January 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ......numbers in the Electoral College. The Northern States objected...nature of the Electoral College both Bush...battleground states to try and...in these states. This might...vote. The Electoral College system also...

The big states ahead on the road to the White House. (the Electoral...

The Economist (US);  June 18, 1988 ;     700+ words ......machinery, the Electoral College. It will oblige...efforts in large states and marginal states...from Democratic states. From this some...a lock on the Electoral College that could put...that the small states are slightly over-represented in the Electoral ...

Keep the electoral college

Ideas on Liberty;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......more populous states. The Electoral College represented not...concerns of the small states, but also a singular...president in the Electoral College. The institution...government, wherein the states-which created...majority in the Electoral College means that ...

Commentary: Doing away with the Electoral College

NPR Special;  August 18, 2004 ;     616 words ......way their states will vote in the Electoral College. Slate's...yes, the Electoral College, as laid...makes small states more powerful...that the Electoral College ought to...it makes states rather than...

Electoral College:Keep it or junk it?

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......question that the Electoral College needs to have...representation in the states themselves...rid of the Electoral College. I wonder...Al Gore the Electoral College vote, thereby...but as the states in red on...Without the Electoral College, the ...