Comments on: What Grover learned at (the) Electoral College http://www.saveourstates.com/2009/what-grover-learned-at-the-electoral-college/ Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:34:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: What is "National Popluar Vote"? John Koza Electoral College | Save Our States: protecting Federalism and the Electoral College http://www.saveourstates.com/2009/what-grover-learned-at-the-electoral-college/comment-page-1/#comment-349 What is "National Popluar Vote"? John Koza Electoral College | Save Our States: protecting Federalism and the Electoral College Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:42:19 +0000 http://www.saveourstates.com/?p=258#comment-349 [...] was a turning point–for the better–in American politics. Read more in our earlier post: What Grover Learned at (the) Electoral College. Share this [...] [...] was a turning point–for the better–in American politics. Read more in our earlier post: What Grover Learned at (the) Electoral College. Share this [...]

]]> By: National Popular Vote claims fall flat at debates | Save Our States: protecting Federalism and the Electoral College http://www.saveourstates.com/2009/what-grover-learned-at-the-electoral-college/comment-page-1/#comment-332 National Popular Vote claims fall flat at debates | Save Our States: protecting Federalism and the Electoral College Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:37:14 +0000 http://www.saveourstates.com/?p=258#comment-332 [...] NPV advocates–in this case, Tom Golisano–continue to make the claim that the election outcomes in 1876 and 1888 were “debacles” because the popular vote winner lost the Electoral College and thus the presidency. This claim falls flat and worse. In 1876, the Electoral College system allowed Congress to sort out several serious election disputes–isolated within individual states by the Electoral College system–and to resolve the election in a way that prevented racist voter suppression from effecting the outcome. On the 1888 election, read “What Grover learned at (the) Electoral College.” [...] [...] NPV advocates–in this case, Tom Golisano–continue to make the claim that the election outcomes in 1876 and 1888 were “debacles” because the popular vote winner lost the Electoral College and thus the presidency. This claim falls flat and worse. In 1876, the Electoral College system allowed Congress to sort out several serious election disputes–isolated within individual states by the Electoral College system–and to resolve the election in a way that prevented racist voter suppression from effecting the outcome. On the 1888 election, read “What Grover learned at (the) Electoral College.” [...]

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