Electoral College

Electoral College

As broken as the American political system is, things could be a lot worse. It is obvious the partisan divide has become a chasm, wide and growing wider. As the base within each party demands a more ideologically orthodox approach to policymaking it becomes…

States electoral votes map

States electoral votes map

A nominee needs a majority of the electoral votes to win the presidency. You ll notice, on election night, that the TV commentators keep track of the states each nominee wins. They add up the number of electoral votes that each state win represents. The…

Electoral votes by state map

Electoral votes by state map

There are many reasons to dislike the Electoral College: It gives a handful of states the lion’s share of campaign attention; it allows a candidate with fewer votes to win; it depresses voter turnout in “safe” states; and it’s plain confusing. Now add…

Florida electoral votes

Florida electoral votes

In the last couple of years, several top Republicans rallied behind a plan to rig the Electoral College by ensuring that many of the electoral votes that went to President Obama in the last two elections would instead be awarded to the Republican candidate…

2012 electoral College map

2012 electoral College map

In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama won the important Latino battleground states of Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Florida on his way to winning 365 total electoral college votes. The 46 electors in those four key states back in 2008 were…

Electoral votes 2012

Electoral votes 2012

With fewer than nine months to go before Election Day, The Signal predicts that Barack Obama will win the presidential contest with 303 electoral votes to the Republican nominee s 235. How do we know? We don t, of course. Campaigns and candidates evolve…

Voting in a different electorate

Voting in a different electorate

What happens if I do not vote? After each election, the AEC will send a letter to all apparent non-voters requesting that they either provide a valid and sufficient reason for failing to vote or pay a $20 penalty. If, within the time period specified…

Electoral Voter Registration

Electoral Voter Registration

Seven million people risk being removed from the voting register if they do not provide evidence of where they live by December 2015. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/Guardian Thursday 5 February is national voter registration day. But the move to individual…

New York electoral College

New York electoral College

ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images The National Popular Vote “interstate compact” movement aims to replace the electoral college via a simple but clever strategy. Instead of pushing for a Constitutional amendment, which would have to be ratified in 38 states…

Electoral College Results

Electoral College Results

2004 Electoral College Results Election President George W. Bush [R] Main Opponent John F. Kerry [D] Electoral Vote Winner: 286 Main Opponent: 251 Total/Majority: 538/270 Popular Vote Winner: 60, 693, 281 Main Opponent: 57, 355, 978 Votes for Others John…

Mississippi electoral votes

Mississippi electoral votes

A voter prepares to cast her electronic ballot at this Madison, Miss., precinct, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. After a grinding presidential campaign President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, yield center…

West Virginia electoral votes

West Virginia electoral votes

ELECTORAL VOTES 2016 ELECTION guage Safe Republican 2010 Census Reapportionment: West Virginia will remain at 5 electoral votes through the 2020 presidential election. West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia (which itself had seceded from the Union)…