Electoral College on Townhall

• Electoral College Is Democratic, Not democratic Thu Nov 15
  Steve Chapman
  In 2000, conservatives were obligated to explain why they supported preservation of the Electoral College even though it produced a victory for their candidate, George W. Bush. In coming elections, their devotion may face a sterner test: Will they favor it if Democrats win the White House even when Republicans carry the popular vote? ... more
• Electoral College Wed Nov 14
  Rich Galen
  The United States Constitution provides for an indirect election of the President. That is, you didn't vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney last week; you voted for electors pledged to vote for one or the other. ... more
• Executive Privilege: The 2012 Election and the Power of Incumbency Tue Nov 13
  Paul Kengor
  Mitt Romney lost the presidential race by only two percentage points. If the election had been held just a week earlier, when he was up in the polls, things might have been different. Nonetheless, Mitt Romney lost, and now a bitter debate has ensued over the future of the Republican Party, with liberal Democrats happily plunging into the debate. ... more
• Romney Wins North Carolina Tue Nov 6
  Heather Ginsberg
• What's Next? Tue Nov 6
  Cal Thomas
  Presidential elections decide only who wins the White House and a congressional majority. They don't by themselves solve the nation's problems. George W. Bush had a majority Republican Congress and did little with it. ... more
• The Electoral College, Under Attack Fri Nov 2
  Mark Davis
  As Tuesday’s election ticks ever nearer, my fervent wish is a solid electoral college win for Mitt Romney. Not to get greedy, but I’d like it in the bag before the wee hours of Wednesday morning. ... more
• The Final Week Thu Nov 1
  Jackie Gingrich Cushman
  No doubt there are thousands, possibly even millions of people like me who are glad that the election season is (more than likely, barring recounts) coming to an end. ... more
• Romney Pressures Obama by Expanding Electoral Map Thu Nov 1
  Michael Barone
  As the East Coast recoils from Hurricane Sandy, the political news is of new states suddenly inundated with presidential campaign ads. First Wisconsin, then Pennsylvania, more recently Minnesota. Ann Romney is campaigning in Michigan; Bill Clinton in Minnesota. All these are states Barack Obama carried by 10 points or more in 2008. Why is the electoral map scrambled this year? ... more
• Fun with Electoral Math: Obama 186, Romney 156, 192 In Play Sat Apr 14
  Kate Hicks
• Could Next Tie Doom Electoral College? Sun Feb 19
  Salena Zito
  WASHINGTON – The politics behind who governs here dabbles in the absurd so often that absurdity is practically normal. So it is not ridiculous to consider that the next presidential election could end in an electoral tie. ... more
• Beyond the Beltway: Courting Silence Thu Nov 3
  David Malcolm
  It is a revealing, and perhaps sad, commentary on the state of the GOP nomination process that so little - if any - discussion has been spent on the proper role of the federal government's most powerful branch, the scope of its powers, and the identity of its future members. ... more
• Don’t Dis Cain Sat Oct 15
  John Ransom
  Cain has two things going for him that have intersected in time and could make his candidacy truly historic- unlike the canned, Nobel-prize winning infomercial Democrats put on for the mile-high, but inch deep Barack Obama. ... more
• Proposal would change electoral college in Wis. Wed Oct 12
  AP News
• Obama's Path to Reelection Sun Oct 9
  Salena Zito
  The North Main Street building here marking William McKinley’s birthplace reconstructs the famous front porch of a president who won what historians consider to be one of our most turbulent elections. ... more
• Don’t Get Rid of the Electoral College Thu Oct 6
  Rachel Alexander
  Ever since Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the 2000 presidential election, there has been a major push to abandon the Electoral College system. Superficially, there is a sense that the election was unfair and everyone’s vote did not count equally. ... more
• Counting to 270 Thu Oct 6
  Hugh Hewitt
  Finally there is clarity about the GOP field in the race to take on President Obama in the fall of 2012. The field is fixed. There are no more "possibles" out there. ... more
• Pa., Neb. Republicans want electoral vote changes Wed Oct 5
  AP News
• 5 Long-Term Trends Working Against The Democratic Party Tue Oct 4
  John Hawkins
  There tends to be a rough parity between parties in the American political system. ... more
• Poll: Pa. prefers winner-take-all electoral system Wed Sep 28
  AP News
• Americans Vote Conservative--With Their Moving Vans Wed Aug 31
  Michael Medved
  Conservatives yearn for a big, clarifying electoral victory in November of 2012, but they’re already winning decisively whenever Americans vote with their feet--or their moving vans. ... more
• The Obama Tattoo Removal Kit Sun Aug 28
  Mark Baisley
  Electing Barack Obama was like, let’s say, getting a face tattoo in the likeness of Che Guevara. Somehow over the next 20 years, we must find a way to get rid of it. ... more
• The Myth of Bi-Partisan Fri Jul 29
  Rich Galen
  The entire near solar system is begging and pleading for Washington to exercise a concept known as "bipartisanship." By "bipartisan" they mean, of course "non-partisan" as in "without regard to political party." ... more
• The Impact of Redistricting in 2012 Sun Jun 26
  Salena Zito
  Add redistricting as another drag on Democrats in their march to win back the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. It’s hard to recruit new House candidates, or to fund-raise for incumbents, if you don’t know what the districts will look like. ... more
• Democracy? Democracy. Mon Apr 18
  Rich Galen
  Nigeria is important to the United States because it is one of our largest oil suppliers. In fact, in January of this year it was our fourth largest supplier. ... more
• The Constitution Did Not Condone Slavery Mon Jan 10
  Ken Blackwell
  Abraham Lincoln revered the Constitution and said that the fact that it nowhere mentioned the words slavery, slave, African, or Negro was a silent but powerful admission that the Founders were ashamed of the existence of slavery ... more

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