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Gary Johnson says more Americans would vote Libertarian if they “felt” their votes would matter. No doubt this is true for any very small political party. But Johnson blames the Electoral College and…

Why does John Hickenlooper, locked in a tight race for U.S. Senate in Colorado, snub people who live in small towns and rural areas? Because he doesn’t need their votes. If he can get enough votes fr…

On this day in 1787, the Constitutional Convention approved and sent to the states for ratification the document that became the Constitution of the United States.

The Electoral College was ultimately chosen because it ensured the president would be independent of Congress and small states would have a voice.

The committee on Election Law in the New Hampshire House of Representatives met yesterday afternoon to consider the National Popular Vote interstate compact.

It’s a line used often by critics of the Electoral College: no other country would let the candidate with fewer raw votes win the election! It’s also wrong.

The Electoral College pushes presidential candidates to build large national coalitions instead of focusing on their strongest regions and constituencies. 

Save Our States, a non-partisan nonprofit, responded to critics who allege the Electoral College is racist. In a soon to be released documentary, “Safeguard: An Electoral College Story,” the group sh…

Because of the Electoral College, no big state or city can control the president.

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…