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The Electoral College is surprisingly vulnerable to popular vote changes

  • Written by Steven Heilman, Assistant Professor RTPC of Mathematics, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Electoral College is surprisingly vulnerable to popular vote changesStaff of the House of Representatives review Illinois' Electoral College vote report in January 2017.Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, changing just 269 votes in Florida from George W. Bush to Al Gore would have changed the outcome of the entire national election. Similarly narrow results have happened...

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