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2020 United States presidential election in Texas


The 2020 United States presidential election in Texas is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Texas voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Texas has 38 electoral votes in the Electoral College. The Republican Party is seeking to retain Texas' electoral votes for the eleventh consecutive election, having won Texas in each election since the 1980 United States
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District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment


does not allow the District to have more electoral votes "than the least populous State", nor does it grant the District any role in the election of a President by the House of Representatives (or that of the Vice President by the Senate). In contrast, this proposed amendment would have provided the District full participation in the Electoral College. Finally, the proposed amendment would have also allowed the Council of the District of Columbia, the Congress, or the people of the District (depending on how this proposed amendment
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Faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election


of all Republican electors to become faithless, that is, 37 of 306 Republican electors. However, critics have noted, garnering this many electors would be extremely unlikely, as electors vote more than 99% of the time as pledged. As of December 5, 2016, several members of the electoral college, seven from the Democratic Party and one from the Republican Party, publicly stated their intention to vote for a Republican other than the nominee Donald Trump, at the Electoral College vote on December 19, 2016. Texas Republican
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National Popular Vote Interstate Compact


Electoral College. Until the compact's conditions are met, all states award electoral votes in their current manner. The compact would modify the way participating states implement of the U.S. Constitution, which requires each state legislature to define a method to appoint its electors to vote in the Electoral College. The Constitution does not mandate any particular legislative scheme for selecting electors, and instead vests state legislatures with the exclusive power to choose how to allocate their states' electors (although systems that violate the 14th Amendment, which mandates equal protection of
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The People's Choice (novel)


book highlights the little known United States Constitution directives on how a United States President is elected. People within each state vote for electors who assemble in December to cast the binding vote to select the next president. There is very little law forcing electors to vote for the person that their state selected. James Kirkpatrick praised the novel for highlighting this "metaphysical" bomb lurking in the Constitution. Many of the characters are thought to have had real life counterparts at the time the novel was published. "Publishers Weekly" stated,
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History of the United States Democratic Party


1968 presidential election when the electoral votes of every former Confederate state except Texas went to either Republican Richard Nixon or independent Wallace. Humphrey's electoral votes came mainly from the Northern states, marking a dramatic reversal from the 1948 election 20 years earlier, when the losing Republican electoral votes were concentrated in the same states. Following the party's defeat in 1968, the McGovern-Fraser Commission proposed and the party adopted far-reaching changes in how national convention delegates were selected. More power over the presidential nominee selection accrued to the
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Equal Citizens


supporters. Lessig and The Electors Trust represented Christopher Suprun, an elector from Texas, who announced he would vote against Donald Trump regardless of how his state voted. Working together with several other groups such as the Hamilton Electors as well as celebrities, the campaign resulted in the most number of "faithless" electoral votes ever cast in a single presidential election. In June 2018, Equal Citizens launched an advocacy campaign partnered with Demand Progress, the EFF, Public Knowledge, and the Internet Archive to pressure Congress to change provisions in
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Banzhaf power index


, suppose that only three states are participating: California (55 electoral votes), Texas (38 electoral votes), and New York (29 electoral votes). The possible outcomes of the election are: The Banzhaf power index of a state is the proportion of the possible outcomes in which that state could swing the election. In this example, all three states have the same index: 4/12 or 1/3. However, if New York is replaced by Georgia, with only 16 electoral votes, the situation changes dramatically.
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1960 United States presidential election


" Had Nixon won both Illinois and Texas, he would have ended up with exactly 270 electoral votes and the presidency, with or without a victory in the popular vote. The actual number of popular votes received by Kennedy in Alabama is difficult to determine because of the unusual situation in that state. Instead of having the voters choose from slates of electors, the Alabama ballot had voters choose the electors individually. Traditionally, in such a situation, a given candidate is assigned the popular vote of the elector who received the most
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History of Taiwan


, and banking reform legislation, which would have helped in the consolidation of the many banks in the Republic of China, none of which hold even 10% shares of the local market. The president of the Republic of China, unlike the president of the United States, does not wield veto power, providing him with little to no leverage in negotiating with an opposition legislature, regardless of how slim the majority. The constitution was further amended in 2005, creating a two-vote electoral system, with single member plurality seats
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2016 United States presidential election in Texas


The 2016 United States presidential election in Texas was won by Republican Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence by a 9% margin over Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, part of the November 8, 2016 General Election. Texas assigns its 38 Electoral College votes to the state's popular vote winner, but two faithless electors chose other candidates, making Texas the only state in 2016 to give Trump fewer than the assigned electoral votes. When the electoral college met on December 19, 2016, only 36 out of the 38
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Faithless elector


In United States presidential elections, a faithless elector is a member of the United States Electoral College who does not vote for the presidential or vice presidential candidate for whom they had pledged to vote. That is, they break faith with the candidate they were pledged to and vote for another candidate, or fail to vote. A pledged elector is only considered a faithless elector by breaking their pledge; unpledged electors have no pledge to break. Electors are typically chosen and nominated by a political party or the party's presidential nominee:
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Banzhaf power index


state. There are a total of 538 electoral votes. A majority vote is considered 270 votes. The Banzhaf power index would be a mathematical representation of how likely a single state would be able to swing the vote. A state such as California, which is allocated 55 electoral votes, would be more likely to swing the vote than a state such as Montana, which has 3 electoral votes. Assume the United States is having a presidential election between a Republican (R) and a Democrat (D). For simplicity
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Faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election


would not vote for Trump. Both Sisneros and Vu served in states that lacked any laws preventing electors from voting their conscience. Although it is difficult to ascertain how many more electors, especially Republican electors, considered becoming faithless and voting for a Republican other than Trump, it was reported that at least an additional 20 Republican electors had already accepted the free-of-charge anonymous legal counsel and support provided for Republican faithless electors to assist them in voting against Trump. On December 13, 2016, Lawrence Lessig claimed that up
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History of Pennsylvania


, the Republican Party won Pennsylvania in seven of the eleven elections between 1948 and 1988, but Democrats have won the state in every presidential election from 1992 to 2012. When Democratic presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey won Pennsylvania's electoral votes in 1968, he became the first non-Republican since 1824 to win Pennsylvania's votes without winning the presidential election. After having the second most electoral votes since the 18th century, Pennsylvania was eclipsed in electoral votes by California in 1964. Texas and Florida also now have more electoral votes, while
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1968 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1968 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the United States presidential election of 1968. Texas chose twenty-five electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, very narrowly carried Texas with 41.4% of the vote, giving him the state's 25 electoral votes. However he narrowly lost the general election to Republican candidate,
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United States presidential election


of choosing electors for the Electoral College is determined by each state's legislature. Although each state designates electors by popular vote, other methods are allowed. For instance, instead of having a popular vote, a number of states used to select presidential electors by a direct vote of the state legislature itself. However, federal law does specify that all electors must be selected on the same day, which is "the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November," i.e., a Tuesday no earlier than November 2 and no
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Vice President of the United States


their experience in national politics (experience lacked by both Bush and Obama) rather than the ideological balance or electoral vote advantage they would provide. Prior to the 2000 election, both George W. Bush and Dick Cheney lived in and voted in Texas. While nothing in the Constitution prohibits a presidential candidate and his or her running mate being from the same state, the "inhabitant clause" of the Twelfth Amendment does mandate that every presidential elector must cast a ballot for at least one candidate who is not from their own state.
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United States Electoral College


The final tally is printed in the Senate and House journals. The Twelfth Amendment requires the House of Representatives to go into session immediately to vote for a president if no candidate for president receives a majority of the electoral votes (since 1964, 270 of the 538 electoral votes). In this event, the House of Representatives is limited to choosing from among the three candidates who received the most electoral votes for president. Each state delegation votes "en bloc"—each delegation having a single vote; the District of Columbia does not get
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Faithless elector


Ultimately, faithless electors have only impacted the outcome of an election once, during the 1796 election where Thomas Pinckney would have become the President and John Adams the Vice President. The United States Constitution does not specify a notion of "pledging"; no federal law or constitutional statute binds an elector's vote to anything. All pledging laws originate at the state level. Twenty-one states do not have laws compelling their electors to vote for a pledged candidate. Twenty-nine states plus the District of Columbia have laws against
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1860 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1860 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 6, 1860. Texas voters chose four electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president. Texas voted for the Southern Democratic nominee John C. Breckinridge, who received 75% of the vote. Texas was Breckinridge's strongest state. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Texas; neither was "Northern Democrat" Stephen A. Douglas, although Douglas did gain 18 votes as a write-in candidate.
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Faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election


elector Christopher Suprun publicly pledged to not cast his vote for Donald Trump as allowed by Texas state law. For complex legal reasons, the four Colorado voters did not end up casting faithless votes. By December 5, 2016, two Republican electoral college members who publicly stated their intention to not vote for Trump had resigned. Texas Republican elector, Art Sisneros, willingly resigned in November rather than vote for Trump. Georgia Republican elector, Baoky Vu, had resigned in August in the face of reaction to his public statement that he
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List of United States presidential elections by Electoral College margin


, and let "r" be the number of votes for the runner-up. The Constitution provides that if the candidate with the most votes does not receive a simple majority of the electors voting, the House of Representatives chooses the president. So, the margin of victory is the number of electoral votes over both the runner-up and half the electoral votes cast. For elections after the passage of the 12th Amendment, the runner-up will always have less than half of the electoral votes cast, so the
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Bush v. Gore


in the integrity of elections. In the United States, each state conducts its own popular vote election for President and Vice President. The voters are actually voting for a slate of electors, each of whom pledges to vote for a particular candidate for each office, in the Electoral College. of the U.S. Constitution provides that each state legislature decides how electors are chosen. Early in U.S. history, most state legislatures directly appointed the slate of electors for each of their respective states. Today, state legislatures have enacted laws to provide
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1952 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1952 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 4, 1952. It was part of the 1952 United States Presidential Election held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose twenty-four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The Republican Party candidate, former General of the Army and Supreme Allied Commander Europe Dwight D. Eisenhower, won his birth state Texas with 53 percent of the vote against Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson, carrying the state’s 24 electoral votes
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Electoral reform in Texas


Electoral reform in Texas refers to efforts to change the voting and election laws in the State of Texas. In 2001, State Representative Ron Wilson proposed lowering the state’s voting age to 14, and in 2003, he proposed lowering the state’s voting age to 16. Both of these measures died in committee. The city of Amarillo adopted cumulative voting systems, in which voters can cast one vote per seat, in 2002, allowing for broader representation on the local school boards. Again in 2003, some Democratic state legislators
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Dale Tillery


1970s[.]” Teacher pensions have not been adjusted for inflation since 2001. Tillery authored the 2001 amendment to the Texas Constitution to "require the governor to call a special legislative session to appoint presidential electors if the governor thought that a final determination of the Texas vote wouldn't be made before the federal deadline for certifying electors.” The amendment was authored in response to the uncertainty over the counting of Florida's electoral votes in the 2000 Presidential election, including whether the state legislature was authorized to appoint a slate of
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1848 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1848 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 7, 1848. Texas voters chose 4 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president. Texas was annexed by the United States on February 19, 1846, making this the first presidential election in which the state participated. Texas overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee Lewis Cass, who received 70.2% of the vote. Texas was, by far, Cass's strongest state, and the only state where he received over
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2008 United States presidential election in Texas


who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 34 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their
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2004 United States presidential election in Texas


the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 34 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 34 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors
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Electoral system


In the United States, the president is indirectly elected using a two-stage process; a popular vote in each state elects members to the electoral college that in turn elects the President. This can result in a situation where a candidate who receives the most votes nationwide does not win the electoral college vote, as most recently happened in 2000 and 2016. In addition to the various electoral systems in use in the political sphere, there are numerous others, some of which are proposals and some of which have been adopted for
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National Popular Vote Interstate Compact


12th Amendment does not require that electors must vote for the candidate whom they are pledged to, and that because the NPVIC only binds state legislatures and not electors, those electors would retain independent withdrawal power as faithless electors at the request of the compacting states unless the compacting states adopt criminal penalties or other statutes that bind the electors. Other legal scholars have argued that the power of non-compacting states would be altered because, under the NPVIC, a state's power in determining the outcomes of presidential elections would be changed from
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1976 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1976 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 2, 1976. Texas was won by former governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia with 51.14 percent of the vote, giving him 26 electoral votes. He also beat the incumbent President Gerald Ford in the general election. To date, this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential candidate won Texas. Carter’s southern roots as a former governor of Georgia struck a chord with many voters in Texas, along with strong anti-Republican sentiment following Watergate. Still, this
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United States Electoral College


the 1804 election, the amendment requires electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president, replacing the system outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3. of the Constitution states: Alexander Hamilton described the Founding Fathers' view of how electors would be chosen: They assumed this would take place district by district. That plan was carried out by many states until the 1880s. For example, in Massachusetts in 1820, the rule stated "the people shall vote by ballot, on which shall be designated who is voted
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1872 United States presidential election


% to 44%. Grant garnered 286 electoral votes to what would have been 66 electoral votes for Greeley. However, Greeley died on November 29, 1872, just twenty-four days after the election and before any of his pledged electors (from Texas, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Maryland) could cast their votes. Most of Greeley's electors cast their votes for other Democrats. Of the 2,171 counties making returns, Grant won in 1,335 while Greeley carried 833. Three counties were split evenly between
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United States Electoral College


Several states plus the District of Columbia have joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Those jurisdictions joining the compact agree to eventually pledge their electors to the winner of the national popular vote. The compact will not go into effect until the number of states agreeing to the compact form a majority (at least 270) of all electors, thus guaranteeing that the popular vote winner will be elected. The compact is based on the current rule in of the Constitution, which gives each state legislature the plenary power to determine how it
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United States presidential election


vote, as each state or district's popular vote determines its electoral college vote. Although the nationwide popular vote does not directly determine the winner of a presidential election, it does strongly correlate with who is the victor. In 53 of the 58 total elections held so far (about 91 percent), the winner of the national popular vote has also carried the Electoral College vote. The winners of the nationwide popular vote and the Electoral College vote differ only in close elections. In highly competitive elections, candidates focus on turning
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1988 United States presidential election in Texas


% more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Texas, with more than 99 percent of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties. This is one of the last elections in Texas where you see many rural counties (including a large Democratic stronghold along the border with Louisiana) voting for the Democratic Party, and the populated counties, such as Houston's Harris County, voting mainly for the Republican candidate. Since the presidential election of 1996, this demographic trend
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2000 United States presidential election in Texas


The 2000 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas was won by the Republican Party candidate, the state's incumbent governor, George W. Bush, by a 21.32% margin of victory. The 2000 election in Texas was a very partisan election, with nearly 60% of voters voting for the Republican Party candidate. The third
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Libertarian Party of Washington


College laws. In 2009, Washington State entered into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact which would award the Presidential Electors from the state according to the results of the national popular vote. The NPVIC does not go into effect until a 270 Electoral Vote majority of states joins the compact. The proposed initiative would have withdrawn Washington from the compact and replaced the current 'Winner Take All' statewide system with a split electorate representing the State's congressional districts. Rebranding and gains made in the 2014 election cycle provided momentum to candidates in
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1992 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1992 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirty-two representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.56% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 37.08%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 22.01% of the popular
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Electoral reform in Vermont


Electoral reform in Vermont describes how changes in electoral practices alter how election results represent the intent of Vermont voters. Burlington, Vermont uses instant runoff voting in its elections, having voted to do so on March 1, 2005. As of April 13, 2007, IRV legislation was headed for the Vermont Senate floor. Vermont has one Congressional district, so gerrymandering is not a consideration in Vermont federal races. Vermont and Maine are the only states to allow prison inmates to vote. In 2007, H.0373 was introduced by David Zuckerman
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One vote, one value


In Australia, one vote, one value is a democratic principle widely valued in Australia and applied in electoral laws governing redistributions of electoral divisions of the House of Representatives. The principle calls for all electoral divisions to have the same number of enrolled voters (not residents or population), within a specified percentage of variance. The electoral laws of the Commonwealth for the House of Representatives and all states follow the principle with some exceptions. The principle does not apply to the Senate, as each state is entitled under the constitution to
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2008 United States presidential election in Texas


the Texas House of Representatives and one seat in the Texas Senate. Obama improved on Kerry's performance in Texas by 5%. John McCain carried 21 of the state's 32 congressional districts, including one district held by a Democrat. Technically the voters of Texas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Texas is allocated 34 electors because it has 32 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 34 electors,
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1912 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1912 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose twenty representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 72.73% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia
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United States Electoral College


-electoral process is not fully democratic. Researchers have variously attempted to measure which states' voters have the greatest impact in such an indirect election. Each state gets a minimum of three electoral votes, regardless of population, which gives low-population states a disproportionate number of electors per capita. For example, an electoral vote represents nearly four times as many people in California as in Wyoming. Sparsely populated states are likely to be increasingly overrepresented in the electoral college over time, because Americans are increasingly moving to big cities and
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List of unsuccessful major party candidates for President of the United States


1804, the winner of any given presidential election is the candidate that receives the majority of the electoral vote. If no individual wins a majority of the electoral vote, then the United States House of Representatives holds a contingent election to determine the election winner; contingent elections have decided the winners of two presidential elections. Since 1824, the national popular vote has been recorded, but the national popular vote does not determine the winner of the presidential election. There have been five presidential elections in which the winner did not win a
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Article Two of the United States Constitution


the electors on the ballot. It is generally understood by the voters and the electors themselves that they are the representative "stand-ins" for the candidates and are expected to cast their electoral college ballots for the president and vice president who appeared on the ballot. The actual electors being voted for are usually selected by the candidate's party. There are a few cases where some electors have refused to vote for the designated candidate. (See "Faithless Elector".) Many states have mandated in law that electors "
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Benjamin Harrison


our form of government was intended to secure to the electors to be restored? … in many parts of our country where the colored population is large the people of that race are by various devices deprived of any effective exercise of their political rights and of many of their civil rights. The wrong does not expend itself upon those whose votes are suppressed. Every constituency in the Union is wronged. He severely questioned the states' civil rights records, arguing that if states have the authority over civil rights, then "we have
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1888 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1888 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas was won by the incumbent President Grover Cleveland (D–New York), running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G. Thurman, with 65.70% of the popular vote, against former Senator Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana)
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1940 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1940 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose twenty-three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 80.92% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–Indiana), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 18.91
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1936 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1936 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose twenty-three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 87.08% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 12.32%
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2016 United States presidential election in Texas


electors voted for Trump for president. Two electors defected, one to Ohio Governor John Kasich, and the other to Congressman Ron Paul. For Vice President, 37 electors voted for Pence, and one for Carly Fiorina. The primary of March 1, 2016 included the Green Party, in addition to the two major parties. Texas was one of the eleven states where Hillary Clinton improved on Barack Obama's performance in 2012. Clinton lost Texas by a smaller margin than any Democrat since 1996 (though Barack Obama got a slightly
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Electoral systems of the Australian states and territories


stood but failed to be elected in the last election. Elections in New South Wales are conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission as prescribed in the . The New South Wales Legislative Assembly has 93 members elected for four-year terms in single-member electoral districts. The method of election is optional preferential voting, (also known as instant run-off voting). The voting system is the same as for the federal House of Representatives except that in New South Wales the voter may choose how many candidate preferences to
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2000 United States presidential election


, and Travis County, Texas (Austin). In 2016, the most recent presidential election, Republican Donald Trump lost Mecklenburg by 30%, Marion by 23%, Fairfax by 36%, and Travis by 38%. Conversely, as of 2017 Gore is the last Democrat to have won any counties at all in Oklahoma. States where the margin of victory was less than 1% (55 electoral votes): States where the margin of victory was less than 5% (84 electoral votes): States where
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List of states and territories of the United States


Congress retains the right to review and overturn laws created by the council and intervene in local affairs. As it is not a state, the district does not have representation in the Senate. However, since 1971, its residents have been represented in the House of Representatives by a non-voting delegate. Additionally, since 1961, following ratification of the 23rd Amendment, the district has been entitled to select three electors to vote in the Electoral College. In addition to the 50 states and federal district, the United States has
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1892 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1892 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose fifteen electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Texas was won by the Democratic nominees, Grover Cleveland of New York and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. Although Harrison received less than 20 percent of the statewide vote, as of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last time Starr County has voted for
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1920 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1920 presidential election in Texas was part of the 1920 United States presidential election in which all contemporary forty-eight states voted on November 2, 1920. Texas voters chose twenty electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ever since statehood, Texas had been very nearly the strongest state for the Democratic Party owing to its initial history being as a Deep South state based around Negro slavery. Even during Reconstruction when Negroes were briefly enfranchised, the Republican Party won just one statewide election
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United States Electoral College


of the Electoral College" by underscoring how a shift of fewer than 10,000 votes in two key states would have led to President Gerald Ford being reelected despite Jimmy Carter's nationwide 1.7 million-vote margin. Since January 3, 2019, joint resolutions proposing constitutional amendments that would replace the Electoral College with the popular election of the president and vice president. Unlike the Bayh–Celler amendment, with its 40% threshold for election, these proposals do not require a candidate to achieve a certain percentage of votes to be elected.
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Ticket balance


chose Texan Lyndon Johnson to appeal to southern voters. The United States Constitution itself demands some balance, as Electoral College voters cannot vote for two people from their state. For example, if Dick Cheney had not moved back to his home state of Wyoming before the 2000 election, each Electoral College voter from Texas would not have been able to vote both for George W. Bush as president and for Cheney as vice-president, and possibly the Senate would have had to pick one (either Cheney or Lieberman, the top
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Voter turnout


causes is restrictive voting laws but they call this system of laws regulating the electorate. The Constitution gives states the power to make decisions regarding restrictive voting laws. In 2008 the Supreme Court made a crucial decision regarding Indiana's voter ID law in saying that it does not violate the constitution. Since then almost half of the states have passed restrictive voting laws. These laws contribute to Barbour and Wrights idea of the rational nonvoter. This is someone who does not vote because the benefits of them not voting outweighs the cost to vote
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1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas


The 1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arkansas was won by the state's governor Bill Clinton (D) with 53.21 percent of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.48 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 10.43 percent of the popular vote
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1992 United States presidential election in Washington (state)


The 1992 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Washington was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.41% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R–Texas) with 31.97%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.68% of the popular vote.
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1972 United States presidential election in Texas


The 1972 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon overwhelmingly won the state of Texas with 66.20 percent of the vote, to the Democratic Party candidate George McGovern’s 33.24 percent, thus giving him the state’s 26 electoral votes. This was the first time a Republican won the state of Texas since 1956. Nixon’s win in Texas made him the first ever Republican presidential candidate to break sixty percent of Texas’ popular vote in a presidential election, surpassing former President
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2016 United States presidential election


but were replaced or forced to vote again. The 115th United States Congress officially certified the results on January 6, 2017. In the Electoral College vote on December 19, for the first time since 1808, multiple faithless electors voted against their pledged qualified presidential candidate. Five Democrats rebelled in Washington and Hawaii, while two Republicans rebelled in Texas. Two Democratic electors, one in Minnesota and one in Colorado, were replaced after voting for Bernie Sanders and John Kasich, respectively. Electors in Maine conducted a second vote after one
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2000 United States presidential election


Bush accepted the nomination of the Republican party. Bush asked former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney to head up a team to help select a running mate for him, but ultimately, Bush decided that Cheney himself should be the vice presidential nominee. While the U.S. Constitution does not specifically disallow a president and a vice president from the same state, it does prohibit electors from casting both of his or her votes for persons from his or her own state. Accordingly, Cheney—who had been a resident of Texas for nearly 10
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United States Electoral College


of Congress vote to accept the objection. In that case, the votes from the State in question are simply ignored. The votes of Arkansas and Louisiana were rejected in the presidential election of 1872. Objections to the electoral vote count are rarely raised, although it did occur during the vote count in 2001 after the close 2000 presidential election between Governor George W. Bush of Texas and the vice president of the United States, Al Gore. Gore, who as vice president was required to preside over his own Electoral College defeat (
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1992 United States presidential election in Arizona


The 1992 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arizona was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 38.47 percent of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 36.52 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.79 percent of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Connecticut


The 1992 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Connecticut was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 42.21% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.78%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 21.58% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Delaware


The 1992 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.52%% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.33%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 20.45% of the popular vote. Clinton
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1992 United States presidential election in Hawaii


The 1992 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Hawaii was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.09% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.70%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 14.22% of the popular vote,
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1992 United States presidential election in Kansas


The 1992 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kansas was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 38.88% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 33.74%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 26.99% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Maryland


The 1992 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Maryland was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 49.80% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.62%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 14.18% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Michigan


The 1992 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eighteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.77% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.38%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 19.30% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi


The 1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Mississippi was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 49.68 percent of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 40.77 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 8.72 percent of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska


The 1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Nebraska was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 46.58% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 29.40%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.63% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Nevada


The 1992 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Nevada was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 37.36% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 34.73%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 26.19% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Oklahoma


The 1992 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oklahoma was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 42.65 percent of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 34.02 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.01 percent of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Oregon


The 1992 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oregon was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 42.48 percent of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 32.53 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 24.21 percent of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee


The 1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Tennessee was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 47.08% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 42.43%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 10.09% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Virginia


The 1992 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Virginia was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 44.97% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 40.59%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 13.63% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin


The 1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eleven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wisconsin was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 41.13% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.78%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 21.51% of the popular vote.
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1992 United States presidential election in Wyoming


The 1992 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wyoming was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 39.70 percent of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 34.10%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 25.65 percent of the popular vote.
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2004 United States presidential election in Texas


back into the Democratic column due to the city's strong liberal leanings and opposition to the Iraq War. Although Bush carried Dallas County by a narrow margin of 50% to Kerry's 49%, the city of Dallas proper voted heavily for Kerry, winning 57% of the vote. Bush won 25 of 32 congressional districts. Technically the voters of Texas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Texas is allocated 34 electors because it has 32 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on
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Battleground Texas


has described Texas as a "non-voting state;" in 2010, Governor Rick Perry was voted for by only 18 percent of voting age Texan citizens in his successful re-election campaign. The group sees its goal of winning elections in Texas as requiring a long-term commitment, with the need to identify and mobilize Democratic-leaning voters. However, with Texas's 38 electoral votes and 36 seats in the United States House of Representatives, the backers of Battleground Texas view a long-term effort as being
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Unpledged elector


a few states experimented with selecting presidential electors in special districts distinct from its congressional districts. More broadly, the franchise (that is, the qualifications that determined who among the adult male population was allowed to vote for state and federal legislators and, where applicable, for presidential electors) varied widely from state to state. However, no matter who was allowed to vote for electors and no matter how they were selected, the only meaningful question any prospective elector had to answer was for whom they would vote for President (and
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2016 United States presidential election in Wyoming


, running with former Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Defeating the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, with 52.9% of the popular vote and 68% of the electoral vote, Obama succeeded two-term Republican President George W. Bush, the former Governor of Texas. Obama and Biden were reelected in the 2012 presidential election, defeating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 51.1% of the popular vote and 61.7% of electoral votes. Since the end of 2009, polling companies such as Gallup have found Obama's approval
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2004 United States presidential election in Texas


The 2004 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Texas was won by incumbent President George W. Bush by a 22.9% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered Texas as a safe red state for President Bush. The Lone Star State is a Republican stronghold and is his home state. , Texas
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United States Electoral College


Representatives and so could be considered distinct from the latter four elections in which all of the states had popular selection of electors. The true national popular vote was also uncertain in the 1960 election, and the plurality for the winner depends on how votes for Alabama electors are allocated. Opponents of the Electoral College claim such outcomes do not logically follow the normative concept of how a democratic system should function. One view is the Electoral College violates the principle of political equality, since presidential elections are not decided by the one-person
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1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts


The 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Massachusetts was won by Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 47.54% of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H.W. Bush of Texas with 29.03%. Independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas finished in third, with 22.80% of the popular vote. Clinton thus defeated Bush in the
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Electoral reform in the United States


Proposals for electoral reform have included overturning the United States Supreme Court's decision in "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission", public and citizen funding of elections, limits and transparency in funding, Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), abolishing the U.S. Electoral College or nullifying its impact through the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and improving ballot access for third parties, among others. The U.S. Constitution gives states wide latitude to determine how elections are conducted, although some details, such as the ban on poll taxes, are mandated
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United States Electoral College


the entire state and cases of gerrymandering could become exacerbated as political parties attempt to draw as many safe districts as they can. Unlike simple congressional district comparisons, the district plan popular vote bonus in the 2008 election would have given Obama 56% of the Electoral College versus the 68% he did win; it "would have more closely approximated the percentage of the popular vote won [53%]". Of the 43 multi-district states whose 514 electoral votes could be affected by the congressional district method, only Maine
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1944 United States presidential election


maintain their identities) enabled Roosevelt to win the electoral votes of his home state. In 1944, the constantly growing Southern protest against Roosevelt's leadership became clearest in Texas, where 135,553 people voted against Roosevelt but not for the Republican ticket. The Texas Regular ticket resulted from a split in the Democratic Party in its two state conventions, May 23 and September 12, 1944. This ticket, which represented the Democratic element opposing the re-election of President Roosevelt, called for the "restoration of states' rights which have
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Equal Citizens


addition, the suits in Texas and South Carolina claim the present system violates the Voting Rights Act by disenfranchising minority voters. Lessig said that he hopes one of the four cases will get to the Supreme Court "before too far into the 2020 presidential cycle". In 2016, seven electors voted contrary to their stated pledge in the Electoral College. In Washington State, three electors were each fined $1,000 for their vote and in Colorado, one elector was removed and two others were threatened for breaking their pledge. In 2017
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Angelo State University


, Southwest Texas State University, and Sul Ross State University, when the 64th Texas Legislature changed the name of the governing board to Board of Regents, Texas State University System. In the fall of 2007, the Alumni Association voted to request a movement to the Texas Tech University System from the Texas State University System. The merger received widespread support in San Angelo and Lubbock, where Texas Tech University is located. The bill was approved, signed by Gov. Rick Perry and voted into the Texas Constitution by the electorate making Angelo
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Baca v. Colorado Department of State


, replaced Michael Baca (no relation to Polly Baca) as a Colorado presidential elector after he failed to vote for Hillary Clinton as he had pledged. The complaint claims, "The Constitution does not expressly or implicitly give the states any power to restrict Electors’ freedom beyond the 12th Amendment’s single limitation." Prior to the Electoral College vote, the electors had sought an injunction against Colorado law that would allow the Secretary of State to remove an elector attempting to vote contrary to his or her pledge. In "Baca
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United States Electoral College


this case, the very large margins secured by the losing candidate in the other states would aggregate to a plurality of the ballots cast nationally. However, commentators question the legitimacy of this national popular vote. They point out that the national popular vote observed under the Electoral College system does not reflect the popular vote observed under a National Popular Vote system, as each electoral institution produces different incentives for, and strategy choices by, presidential campaigns. Because the national popular vote is irrelevant under the electoral college system, it is generally
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Electoral College abolition amendment


could attend to other business. However, the proposal was never considered again and died when the 91st Congress ended on January 3, 1971. The Every Vote Counts Amendment was a joint resolution to amend the United States Constitution, providing for the popular election of the president and vice president under a new electoral system. This proposed constitutional amendment sought to abolish the Electoral College presidential elections and to have every presidential election determined by a plurality of the national vote. It was introduced by Representative Gene Green (D) Texas on January
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1992 United States presidential election in Montana


The 1992 United States presidential election in Montana was won on November 3, 1992, by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with a 37.63% of the popular vote plurality over incumbent President George H. W. Bush's (R-Texas) 35.12%, and businessman Ross Perot's (I-Texas) 26.12%. All of Montana's three electoral votes were assigned to Clinton, contributing to his 370 to 168 electoral vote win of the 1992 presidential election. To date, this is the most recent presidential election
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Graduated Random Presidential Primary System


of Columbia. (The 23rd Amendment states that the District may send electors to the Electoral College, as long as it does not have more votes than the least populous state.) In each subsequent period, the number of votes contested would increase by eight. As a result, the early campaign would feature contests in several small states or a few larger ones, becoming more and more demanding as time went by. The mathematical expression is: formula_1 Because of the large gap between populations of the most populous states, California
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