Donald Trump won the Electoral vote on November 8th, but because Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly two million voters, the Electors’ vote, … The Electoral College is not a perfect democratic instrument, but a system of direct popular election has its own flaws – for example, encouraging vote fraud nationally. The Jeffersonians were motivated by the principle of majority rule. Fall 2012, Vol.

44, No. 3 Enlarge House pages bring the electoral votes from the 2008 election into the House Chamber during the joint session for counting the votes. Close The Editorial Board. electoral college, in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. A Debate Theodore S. Arrington* Saul Brenner** University of North Carolina-Charlotte Introduction In many ways the presidency is the cen- ter of the American political process. The goal is to provide accurate representation. If enough … There is no maximum. By The Editorial Board. Gone were the days when a president would be elected by acclamation, as George Washington had been. Targeting the Electoral College Democrats tee up another constitutional norm for a rewrite. Best, Judith, The Case Against Direct Election of the President: A Defense of the Electoral College (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1975). The *Theodore Arrington, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, publishes in the general area of parties and … On December 19th, the members of the Electoral College cast their vote for President of the United States. Should the Electoral College be Replaced by the Direct Election of the President?

The Yale Law Journal publishes original scholarly work in all fields of law and legal study. The Electoral College that governs America has been with us since 1804, when Thomas Jefferson's supporters redesigned it for his re-election. But the voters won't be casting … The journal contains articles, essays, and book reviews written by professors and legal practitioners throughout the world, and slightly shorter notes and comments written by individual journal staff members. That is why California currently has 55 electoral votes. It changes every 10 years and is based on the number of representatives in government that state currently elects. Arguing against the electoral college, constitutional law scholar Akhil Reed Amar has recently challenged its proponents to explain why a popular vote is “good enough for the governorship of Texas or California” but not “the presidency of the United States”. The Electoral College distributes electoral votes based on population locations throughout the country.