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Replace the Electoral College with the popular vote

Replace the Electoral College with the popular vote
The system causes the same problems it intended to prevent.
Marc DeJager, Staff Writer (Fall 2019) February 7, 2020

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 6, 2020). After President Donald Trump won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote in 2016, there has been heated debate concerning the usefulness of the system. Throughout the recent democratic presidential debates, the majority of the...