Not exact matches
Each
state was decided by a razor - thin margin, which allowed Clinton to win the popular
vote by roughly 3 million
votes yet still lose
in the Electoral
College.
Moon estimated that
in 16
states with a total of 278
votes in the Electoral
College, «the Negro,
in a close election, may hold the balance of power.»
Second, the electoral
college got stuck
in to provide a last line of defense against public stupidity —
in case you didn't know it, the electors aren't legally bound to
vote as their
state's majority has.
Nebraska is one of just two
states that allows for its Electoral
College votes to be split
in presidential elections.
Brandon Watson explains why the National Popular
Vote Interstate Compact ---
in which
states assign their
votes in the electoral
college to whoever wins the most
votes countrywide --- is sheer madhattery:
The fact that there is a lot of Penn
State student rallying
in support of Paterno is a prime example why
college kids should NOT be permitted to
vote.
Soon enough, with the
college graduates we have
in the
state (look at the map of the counties who
voted in correlation to those who
voted against the Amendment), we will be greater than 35 %.
Ohio
State won the national title that year with a sophomore - laden team: quarterback Rex Kern was a future All - American (he twice finished
in the top five of the Heisman
voting), defensive tackle Jim Stillwagon would win the Outland Trophy
in 1970, and Jack Tatum and Mike Sensibaugh would become one of the best safety duos
in college football history.
The number of Representatives (and thus Electoral
College votes) a
state has is simply determined by its population, which is
in turn determined by the census.
For
state D, with its 4
votes in the electoral
college, there are two ways of deciding the coalitions that will not see it win:
Each
state is different but my guess might also be that if these are
college students or new voters or fringe types they might not even be aware yet that they can not
vote in some primaries.
Let's suppose a smaller country, with 4
states, conveniently named A, B, C, and D, having 1, 2, 3, and 4
votes in that country's electoral
college each respectively.
Second, the electoral
college was set up to weed out «unacceptable» candidates not by dividing fringe voters
in different
states per se but by giving the electors the power to elect the candidate who lost the popular
vote in the event that the more popular candidate turned out to be unacceptable for whatever reason.
Although his book centres upon the UK, Goodhart explains that it can also account for the victory of President Trump: Trump consolidated the somewhere
vote in key electoral
college states.
Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born
in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United
States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15
vote of the
College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United
States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United
States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe
in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».
If these numbers were publicized it would be much easier for the changes
in how
state allot their Electoral
College votes.
In addition, under the electoral college a third party can tip the balance in a closely contested state by siphoning a few votes from a major - party candidat
In addition, under the electoral
college a third party can tip the balance
in a closely contested state by siphoning a few votes from a major - party candidat
in a closely contested
state by siphoning a few
votes from a major - party candidate.
In the spirit of the Electoral College giving less populous states a boost in the vote, I altered the formula to award 2 votes per state to the winner of the popular vote of that state, and the remainder allocated via Webster / Sainte - Lagu
In the spirit of the Electoral
College giving less populous
states a boost
in the vote, I altered the formula to award 2 votes per state to the winner of the popular vote of that state, and the remainder allocated via Webster / Sainte - Lagu
in the
vote, I altered the formula to award 2
votes per
state to the winner of the popular
vote of that
state, and the remainder allocated via Webster / Sainte - Laguë:
That is, let's say that there was a constitutional amendment
in place that, instead of abolishing the electoral
college, required that the
votes be split
in each
state (somewhat like ME and NE but simpler.)
By contrast, the unit rule (by which
states award all their electoral
votes to the plurality winner
in the
state) that 48
states employ under the electoral
college encourages third parties, especially regional candidates like Strom Thurmond
in 1948 or George Wallace
in 1968.
Buffalo
State College President Katherine Conway - Turner celebrated the event reading by reading a statement by Victoria Woodhull, first woman to run for president
in 1872, when women generally couldn't
vote.
A
college intern working for a NYC Council candidate this summer got a lesson
in hardball politics and may have run afoul of election law by registering to
vote in two different
states.
The Democratic Party is no longer the center left party, the patriotic party, and the pro worker party of John F. Kennedy, or Franklin D, Roosevelt, it is now the party of George Mcgovern, community organizers, hippies, free traders and globalists, dumb
college students, flag burners, advocates for the legalization of all drugs and the banning of all firearms, and those who think that rural America is full of dumb idiots who are not enlightened enough to understand the benefits of free trade, who believe
in the stupid idea of the nation
state or stupid to not
vote Democratic.
Former President Bill Clinton, left, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
vote in the
state's electoral
college at the Senate chamber
in Albany on Dec. 19, 2016.
That you have to circumvent the committee process to get a
vote on gun control
in New York
State,» said Hunter
College public - affairs professor Joseph Viteritti.
In the extreme case, assuming a constant turnout across all 50 states (and with the electoral votes distributed as in 2011) *, it could take only 22 % of the popular vote to win the electoral colleg
In the extreme case, assuming a constant turnout across all 50
states (and with the electoral
votes distributed as
in 2011) *, it could take only 22 % of the popular vote to win the electoral colleg
in 2011) *, it could take only 22 % of the popular
vote to win the electoral
college.
Therefore, a candidate could win a single electoral
college vote by winning one district
in either
state.
The measure is being supported by Albany area Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, a Democrat, who says the bill would have New York join an interstate compact
in which
states would give all of their Electoral
College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular
vote nationwide.
At our
state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through
college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments
in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of
voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money
in politics, and other policies that serve the people.
Supporters of the measure to give
state aid for
college tuition to children of undocumented immigrants say they are disappointed and saddened that the measure lost
in the Senate by just one
vote.
Paul finished a disappointing fifth place
in Monday's Iowa caucuses, registering just 4.5 % of the
vote despite placing a heavy emphasis on the
state's
college towns to bring out younger voters inspired by his libertarian - minded message.
The 29 members of the New York Electoral
College unanimously
voted to consign their compensation to the New York Immigration Coalition
in a motion put forward by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and seconded by New York
State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.Those electors included former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.
«Despite the progress outlined
in this tentative deal there is clearly a lot of work ahead of us, including stronger criminal justice reforms; full funding for our
state's public education system; ensuring affordable
college for all New Yorkers, including DREAMers; additional support for Planned Parenthood; and ethics and
voting reforms,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.
This is a form of proportional representation applied to the electoral
college: It splits each
state's electoral
votes in accordance with their popular
vote percentages.
Perhaps the most important deadline is Dec. 19, when electors around the country must meet to cast their Electoral
College votes, said Edward Foley, an expert
in election law at Moritz
College of Law at Ohio
State University.
The bill preserves the Electoral
College, while assuring that every
vote is equal and that every voter will matter
in every
state in every presidential election.
It is possible to win one to nothing
in enough
states that the candidates gets at least 270 electoral
college votes, which is enough to win.
On Monday after presiding over the
state's electoral
college vote, Cuomo brushed off a question as to whether he'd run
in 2020.
The UConn
College Democrats invited Sen. Gayle Slossberg, a Milford Democrat and one of three Democrats who
voted in favor of a
state budget proposed by Republicans, to speak on Oct. 3 about the impact of the
state budget on the university.
(«The overwhelming sentiment
in my district is that we should not use taxpayer resources to fund higher education for undocumented immigrants at a time when our
state's universities and community
colleges are already woefully underfunded,» O'Brien explained
in a statement after the
vote.)
On Thursday, the
state Assembly
voted 87 - 45 for the DREAM Act, a bill that would open up
state - level
college tuition assistance to children of immigrants and undocumented immigrants who are
in the country illegally.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie,
in Albany for the
state's electoral
college vote, insisted to reporters on Monday there were no trades on legislative issues
in exchange for a salary increase for lawmakers.
The
state is worth 29 electoral
college votes and has generally leaned left
in past presidential elections.
The eminently qualified former
college professor had the right stuff, but alas, elections are about politics and this Republican didn't have enough Democratic
votes in the
state legislature which appoints regents.
Republican leaders did not speak, though some individual GOP members said they
voted no because taxpayers should not finance
college aid for the children of undocumented immigrants, and that they are already eligible for lower
in -
state rates at public universities.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A proposal to expand
state - funded tuition assistance to undocumented college students failed by two votes in the New York State Senate t
state - funded tuition assistance to undocumented
college students failed by two
votes in the New York
State Senate t
State Senate today.
In Washington state, two designated electors say they will not vote for Clinton in the Electoral College, even though Clinton is expected to win the stat
In Washington
state, two designated electors say they will not
vote for Clinton
in the Electoral College, even though Clinton is expected to win the stat
in the Electoral
College, even though Clinton is expected to win the
state.
But the Siena
College Research Institute poll released Monday also indicates that seven out of 10 New York
state voters would
vote for someone other than Paterson
in next year's gubernatorial contest.
As of July 9, 2012, the majority of U.S. voters will have the opportunity to cast a direct
vote for Jill Stein, and she will be on enough ballot lines
in enough populous
states to win the Electoral
College and therefore the presidency.
Montgomery, Ala. — The Alabama board of education
voted last week to use teacher - certification - test results as a basis for identifying teacher - training programs
in the
state's
colleges that could be disapproved upon the recommendation of a special review team.