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![]() It's complicated, but the main point to bear in mind is that the president is elected indirectly. Ask a man or woman in the street why this system of electing a president was adopted and how it works and you will almost certainly draw a blank. Then in 2016 Hillary Clinton received nearly three million more votes than Donald Trump but still lost by a substantial margin – 304 to 227 – among the electors. Bush squeaked into office with a five vote majority in the electoral college even though Al Gore outpolled him by half a million votes. Until 2000 the electorate couldn't be blamed for being unaware of this possibility, because it hadn't happened since 1888. ![]() Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral CollegeĮvery four years Americans wake up to the fact that a president can be elected despite receiving fewer votes than another candidate. ![]() ![]() Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? ![]()
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