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Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote (http://fairvote.org), is a co-author of Every Vote Equal , about the National Popular Vote plan.
Without these structural reforms to American democracy, even a progressive presidency couldn’t accomplish much.
How did they end up with 57 percent of the seats?
A Republican proposal in Pennsylvania would change the way electoral votes are counted—and the results could spell Obama's defeat in 2012.
As California Republicans seek to game the dysfunctional Electoral College, a campaign is rising to establish a national popular vote.
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In 2000, Al Gore beat George W. Bush in the state of New Mexico by a mere 366 votes--a slimmer margin than in Florida. Ralph Nader polled 21,251 votes.
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