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A major gripe about the Electoral College is that it gives each state two votes for the popular vote winner in that state — one each of its two U.S. senators.
Congressional clerks review electoral votes during of a joint session of Congress to certify the results of the 2024 presidential election, inside the House Chamber at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2025.
Right now, New Hampshire has a “winner take all” system, in which all four of the state’s electoral college votes go to the presidential candidate who wins the state.
And still others favored a national popular vote. The Electoral College became the compromise. Every state is allotted electoral votes equivalent to the number of representatives it has in Congress.
NH could split its electoral college votes, following in Maine’s footsteps Sen. Bill Gannon (R-Sandown) testifies before the Senate committee on Election Law and Municipal Affairs.
It is pathetic the ”experts” already know how the electoral votes of at least forty states will be cast in the 2028 presidential election without a single candidate having been ...
Gore lost the state by just 7,211 votes, but if the proposed system was in place, he would have been awarded one electoral college vote from his win in the First Congressional District.
Republicans are pushing back, saying the change would make the electoral vote more representative of the people. "Oh, there's no rigging for sure," McGough said.
The Electoral College is set to cast votes for president and vice president on Monday -- marking another step toward enshrining President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
So if Republicans retain control of the Senate, which they appear likely to do, in a 269 electoral vote tie, they may have the votes to give the election to Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
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