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10/22 Elections Morning Ex: Is The Electoral College Dangerous?

10/22 Elections Morning Ex: Is The Electoral College Dangerous?. What’s President Obama Doing Here? . A Review Of The Electoral College. Danger 1: Our Elections Can Be Incredibly Controversial And Divisive. In 2000 We Didn’t Know Who Won For More Than A Month.

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10/22 Elections Morning Ex: Is The Electoral College Dangerous?

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  1. 10/22 Elections Morning Ex:Is The Electoral College Dangerous?

  2. What’s President Obama Doing Here?

  3. A Review Of The Electoral College

  4. Danger 1: Our Elections Can Be Incredibly Controversial And Divisive

  5. In 2000 We Didn’t Know Who Won For More Than A Month

  6. And The Winner Had Fewer Actual Votes (But More Electoral Votes)

  7. And 1876 Was Far, Far Worse

  8. What’s So Frightening About This Map?

  9. Danger 2: The E. C System Encourages Politicians To Care More About Some States Than Others

  10. Does Anybody Remember the Location of the DNC?

  11. How About The RNC?

  12. Remember The President’s NCAA Brackets?

  13. More Importantly, The Preferences Of Swing States Drive National Policy

  14. 8% of Florida’s Voters Are Jewish

  15. Both Candidates Have Tried To Befriend Israel To Court The Jewish Vote

  16. Florida’s Also Home To Over 1,000,000 Cuban-American Voters

  17. A Majority Of Americans Support Ending the Embargo On Cuba

  18. Florida Has A Large Elderly Population

  19. Several Swing States are Among the Biggest Coal Producing States

  20. Both Candidates Have Supported Coal

  21. Which Would Be Fine, If Coal Weren’t One Of The Worst Pollutants

  22. So Why’s The Electoral College So Hard To Get Rid Of?

  23. Many States Are Reluctant To Give Up Their Advantages

  24. Those Are The Challenges Of The Electoral College and Why It Probably Won’t Change

  25. Today’s Best Guess At What Will Happen

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