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September 22, 2020
Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?
The system that is nobody’s first choice.
Michael Kazin
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September 14, 2020
Fires Prove the Climate Catastrophe Is a Constitutional Crisis Too
The Electoral College and the Senate both marginalize states that are the hardest hit by climate change.
Jeet Heer
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July 6, 2020
Topple the Electoral College
A Supreme Court ruling upholding restrictions on “faithless electors” does nothing to legitimize this antidemocratic institution.
John Nichols
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April 24, 2020
What’s Super Popular? Voting by Mail.
Congressional Democrats must recognize that Americans want this change, and bargain hard for the $4 billion that will assure safe and fair elections.
John Nichols
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February 4, 2020
Letters From the February 17, 2020, Issue
Failing college… East Coast vibes… The beginning of understanding… More than words…
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January 20, 2020
The Loser President
Trump could lose by many millions of votes and still secure an Electoral College win—and Democrats aren’t paying this the attention it deserves.
John Nichols
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April 9, 2019
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March 19, 2019
Elizabeth Warren Gets the Argument Against the Electoral College Exactly Right
She says it would steer candidates to states that aren’t now considered political “battlegrounds,” such as Mississippi.
John Nichols
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February 20, 2019
Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible
What makes Buttigieg’s campaigning most interesting is the intense focus he has placed on the need to renew and extend American democracy.
John Nichols
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February 1, 2019
Democrats Need to Make Getting Rid of the Electoral College a Top Priority
Two Republican losers have “won” the presidency in 16 years—that should be a lesson for Democrats.
John Nichols