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NPV to Maine: Drop Dead
August 26, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
A main argument by advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that the Electoral College distorts policy decisions made in the White House. According to this theory, incumben…
Read More →Civil rights icon defended the Electoral College forty years ago
August 18, 2020 by Harry Roth in Electoral College
Failed political movements often return from the grave like zombies; bad ideas of fifty years ago appear again draped in different clothing. After being defeated decades ago, proponents of abolishing…
Read More →Why “safe states” matter
July 31, 2020 by Trent England in Electoral College
Debbie is running for club president. It’s important because the next president will set a new direction for the club. Members are divided. Those who agree with Debbie asked her to run, and the other…
Read More →Democracy is more than adding up popular votes
July 27, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
Advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) frequently assert that it violates democratic principles to have the president be someone other than the candidate who received the mo…
Read More →The Electoral College: America’s First Affirmative Action Program
July 21, 2020 in Electoral College
Originally published on 07/11/2020 at The American ThinkerIf the Framers of the United States Constitution were writing it today, rather than coining the lofty and mysterious, and stuffy-sounding ter…
Read More →North Carolina Op-Ed Falsely Links Slavery and the Electoral College
July 15, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
An oft-repeated but false claim about the Electoral College is that it was created as part of a bargain to preserve slavery and bolster the political power of Southern states. A recent op-ed in the H…
Read More →Will Colorado sell its Electoral College voice to California?
July 1, 2020 by Trent England in Electoral College
Voters in Colorado will decide this November whether to enact or reject the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). The campaign behind NPV, and most of its money, comes from California. So i…
Read More →Bad history on the Electoral College
June 10, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
One line of attack made by opponents of the Electoral College is that it is inherently racist, both in original intent and in application over the years. There’s not much dispute that the three-fifth…
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