There’s one bit of good news out of Carson City. The Legislature is more than two-thirds through its 120-day session. Like teenagers, legislators need deadlines to help keep things moving along. This ...
The Electoral College is viewed as a democratic anachronism in modern-day America, yet it has persisted for over two ...
Last Tuesday, about 700,000 more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump. Nevertheless, Trump won because of the Electoral College. Now there are ideas to get rid of it or work around it ...
Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College. So did George W. Bush in 2000. The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It is different ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After millions upon millions of Americans cast their ballots on Election Day, the final vote for president – the one that really counts – comes down to 538 people who make up the ...
Much has been written about the various attempts to create more Republican House districts through extreme gerrymandering. This column recently discussed a pending Supreme Court case that could strike ...
The electoral college combines two different ways of picking a president. — -- Controversies during the primaries and talk of a "rigged" general election have piqued interest among voters about ...
A small, select group of ordinary people gathered in Olympia Monday to fulfill their duty under the U.S. constitution. They’re not politicians, they’re electors. The election of President Barack Obama ...
Criticism of the Electoral College now comes from the Democrats. Getting rid of it will ensure that urban voters outvote every other citizen in American. America’s founding fathers had the wisdom to ...