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Divided We Stand

Divided We Stand
New book about the 2020 election.

Monday, March 23, 2009

The Electoral College

Toward the end of Epic Journey, we discuss the future of electoral reform, and there are some recent developments on this front.

A new CQ analysis shows that Barack Obama would still have won under an electoral college district system -- albeit by a narrower margin. See a related post by Josh Putnam.

Meanwhile, the National Popular Vote compact is making headway in state legislatures.