10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELECTORAL VOTE»
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electoral vote in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
electoral vote and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Electoral Systems: Paradoxes, Assumptions, and Procedures
displays the PVEV function for 1988, over which Democratic popular support
rises or falls uniformly across the states and translates into corresponding
Democratic electoral vote totals. While the full PVEV function in Fig.1c appears to
go ...
Dan S. Felsenthal, Moshé Machover,
2012
2
Electoral College Reform: 111th Congress Proposals and Other ...
In a fourth case (1824), the House of Representatives decided the contest by
contingent election because no candidate had an electoral vote majority.3 These
controversial elections occurred because the system requires a majority of
electoral ...
3
Proposals for
Electoral College Reform: Hearing Before the ...
... a state with a large population. For example, each electoral vote in Alaska is
equivalent to approximately 112,000 people. Each electoral vote in New York is
equivalent to approximately 404,000 eligible people (based on 1990 census data
).
4
Electoral College Reform: Challenges and Possibilities
two systems.18 There are undoubtedly points of overlap, but what emerged in the
aftermath of the Twelfth Amendment — particularly with the popular election of
electors in the states and the winner-take-all system of electoral vote allocation ...
5
Rethinking American
Electoral Democracy
Advocates of the Electoral College argue that an exaggerated electoral vote
victory is positive, because it gives the president a better opportunity to claim a
mandate. The problem is that there is little evidence that presidents who win the ...
6
Taming the
Electoral College
ity for determining election winners could be charged with collecting the first- cut
electoral vote results from all states, counting the state's own electoral votes in
whatever way the state would otherwise employ. For most states this would ...
Robert William Bennett,
2006
7
Congressional Record, V. 146, Pt. 18, November 1, 2000 to ...
Another problem with the electoral college system is that it often leads to wide
disparities between the popular vote and the electoral vote. For example, since
1824, when the popular vote first began to be recorded along with the electoral
vote, ...
8
Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution
Yet another is a candidate who wins the popular vote while losing the electoral
vote, as happened in 2000 when Al Gore won 48.38 percent of the popular vote
and George W. Bush 47.87 percent, but Bush won the election with 273 electoral
...
David Andrew Schultz,
2009
9
Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and ...
1848 election (continued) electoral vote maps, 137–38, 138, 142 meaning of,
139, 141 popular vote by state, 139t Whig platform vagueness, 135, 136, 141
1850 Compromise. See Compromise of 1850 1852 election, 145–54 campaign,
147 ...
Donald Richard Deskins, Hanes Walton, Sherman C. Puckett,
2010
In its place should be established a system in which the electoral vote for
President and Vice-President is counted in proportion to the popular vote. A joint
resolution proposing such a system has been introduced in the 81st Congress; I
am one ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELECTORAL VOTE»
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electoral vote is used in the context of the following news items.
Petition to SCOTUS Says Closed Primaries Are Unconstitutional
I will add this,I am in favor of stripping the electoral vote,and going full popular vote. toto 5pts. To "strip" the Electoral College would need a ... «IVN News, Jul 15»
Retrospective: Adrian Peterson takes the field
Vice-President Al Gore won the popular vote, but Texas Governor George W. Bush won the electoral vote and with it, the presidency. Castaway ... «Connectstatesboro, Jul 15»
Beyond 'Yes' or 'No'
... state of Greece, since the public sector became a vehicle of corruption in a transactional democracy, where an electoral vote was monetized. «Kathimerini, Jul 15»
United we celebrate
... anti-immigrant Know-Nothings' favored presidential candidate, John Bell of Tennessee, finished third in the electoral vote and fourth in the ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»
Ohio's Fremont is home to Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center …
... and he beat Democrat Samuel Tilden of New York by one electoral vote. It has been called the most complex U.S. presidential election ever. «Akron Beacon Journal, Jul 15»
Pennsylvania may return to battleground status
That's because Pennsylvania's large electoral vote prize and the state's usually competitive two parties combined to make the state one of the ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Jun 15»
Cuts to the welfare bill
... the electoral vote to implement a further £12 billion/annum cuts to the welfare budget is fine and sod the other 64 per cent who are against it. «The Star, Jun 15»
News Blitz 6/24: Analyzing Brady
I guess you would rather have Romney as President, the same guy who couldn't win the electoral vote for Massachusetts, the state he was ... «Patriots.com, Jun 15»
Politically Uncorrected: Will Pennsylvania Matter in 2016?
That's because Pennsylvania's large electoral vote prize and the state's usually competitive two parties combined to make the state one of the ... «PoliticsPA, Jun 15»
Clinton's Edge: Huge Support Among Blacks, Hispanics
Rubio might argue, however, that in another tight presidential race that comes down to the outcome in electoral vote-rich Florida, his extreme ... «The Fiscal Times, Jun 15»