Understanding the Electoral College
The electoral college is built on the ideas of the constitutional convention in 1787, and has not changed since—making this the most archaic system still left in our modern democracy. Other systems and governing ideologies had ways to change with the times...
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Swing states are states that change up consistently in the presidential election, these take the majority of the election focus—disregarding the states that are "safe states"...
See more →Alternative Voting Systems
The Direct Popular Vote is a way to convert the true opinion of all people around the country into one result. The "popular vote" is a count of everyone who voted for one candidate, and vice versa. By using this system we get rid of the biases and faults in the Electoral College...
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