Obama! Electoral College

Obama! Electoral College

The chances of a tied presidential election in the Electoral College seem as remote as the odds of the Titanic hitting an iceberg. But there are at least six scenarios that could drive the Obama-Romney contest into overtime. By one account, the odds were…

Interactive Electoral College map

Interactive Electoral College map

If you like interactive political maps, you re going to love the Election Dashboard at Huffington Post . You should check it out. I know it s early, but things simply don t look that good for Mitt Romney. At this point, based on available polling information…

Electoral College map 2012

Electoral College map 2012

Has an extremely narrow path to an electoral-college comeback victory, a trend that has befallen the Republican Party s presidential nominee every year since the 1988 election. Not since George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle swept through the Electoral College…

Current Electoral College

Current Electoral College

Can anyone sue to stop an effort to change how electoral votes are allocated in swing states? Lyle Denniston examines the constitutional arguments about a contentious issue. The statement at issue: “We have been documenting…what appears to be a coordinated…

Electoral College elections

Electoral College elections

“…and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President…” — U.S. Constitution, Article II, section 1, clause 3 /tiles/non-collection/i/i_origins_electoral_leslie_lc.xml…

2016 Electoral College map

2016 Electoral College map

As discussed on Meet the Press, 11/9/2014. Democrats have won states holding 242 electoral votes for the past 6 presidential elections. That wall looks mostly safe at this early point, but Wisconsin may be in play. On the historically Republican side…

American Electoral College

American Electoral College

AP The Electoral College is one of the most dangerous institutions in American politics today. The primary impact of the Electoral College is to give the citizens of some states more influence over the presidential election than citizens of other states…

States Electoral College

States Electoral College

New York state recently signed on to the National Popular Vote movement, an interstate compact designed to do an end run around the Electoral College, which as everybody knows is an outdated institution that at its worst can throw the presidency to the…

California Electoral College

California Electoral College

The system we have for presidential elections is dangerous and rickety. It should be reformed - very carefully. James Durkee/Flickr I used to have nightmares about the electoral college. Then in 2001, they all came true. Since then, I ve dreamed of getting…