Electoral College

Donald Trump at his recent press conference

Donald Trump Intentionally Lies to Us Donald Trump Intentionally Lies to Us

He has no mandate. That fact has so unhinged Trump that he is shaming himself and his office by promulgating obvious lies.

Jan 24, 2017 / John Nichols

Mississippi voting

The Electoral College Is Even More Biased Than You Think. But Democrats Can Beat It. The Electoral College Is Even More Biased Than You Think. But Democrats Can Beat It.

Focus on the voters who actually swing presidential elections.

Jan 19, 2017 / Sean Darling-Hammond

Maxine Waters

Courageous House Progressives Raise ‘Justice and Fairness’ Objections to Certifying Trump Courageous House Progressives Raise ‘Justice and Fairness’ Objections to Certifying Trump

Congressional Progressive Caucus members interrupt certification of electoral votes to raise concerns about voter suppression.

Jan 6, 2017 / John Nichols

Election recount

Why the Green Party Continues to Demand Presidential Recounts Why the Green Party Continues to Demand Presidential Recounts

And how we are working to make our electoral system work for all of us.

Dec 21, 2016 / David Cobb

The Electoral College Desecrates Democracy—Especially This Time

The Electoral College Desecrates Democracy—Especially This Time The Electoral College Desecrates Democracy—Especially This Time

Trump may be the president-elect. But he has no mandate.

Dec 20, 2016 / John Nichols

Alex Jones

Alex Jones Has a New Target: Electors Who Want to Know More About Russian Hacking Alex Jones Has a New Target: Electors Who Want to Know More About Russian Hacking

As 67 members of the Electoral College ask for a briefing on what the intelligence community is telling Congress, right-wingers fight back.

Dec 15, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump Wisconsin

The Electoral College Has the Starkly Anti-Democratic Power to Make a Loser a ‘Winner’ The Electoral College Has the Starkly Anti-Democratic Power to Make a Loser a ‘Winner’

Clinton is winning by almost 3 million votes. There is every good reason to protest an Electoral College that intends to trump the popular will.

Dec 15, 2016 / John Nichols

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How the Electoral College Really Started How the Electoral College Really Started

Suddenly, it makes a whole lot of sense. 

Dec 6, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Donald Trump in Wilkes Barre

We Need to Kill the Electoral College We Need to Kill the Electoral College

It’s a foul remnant of 18th-century oligarchs and slaveholders, designed to thwart the will of the people.

Dec 1, 2016 / John Nichols

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren Proposes to Strengthen Democratic Spines With a Powerful New Tool: Math Elizabeth Warren Proposes to Strengthen Democratic Spines With a Powerful New Tool: Math

Noting that more Americans voted for Democrats, the senator says her party has a mandate to resist Trumpism.

Nov 30, 2016 / John Nichols

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