All posts tagged "Electoral College"

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  The Electoral College will never make everyone happy

  ...each new state would be guaranteed 3 electoral votes

  • Posted October 1, 2019
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  FACT CHECK: Trump’s view at odds with events of the week

  WASHINGTON — In the Washington week that wasn’t, President Donald Trump’s new administration whirred like a “fine-tuned machine,” piling on big-league accomplishments at a pace never before seen. Immigration agents newly empowered by Trump’s call to secure...

  • Posted February 21, 2017
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  Trump Cruises to Electoral College Victory Despite Protests

  Protesters are unlikely to persuade the Electoral College to "dump Trump"

  • Posted December 19, 2016
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  GOP electors cite rural voice in Electoral College

  Some Republican electors say they are defending rural and small-town America against big-state liberalism

  • Posted December 18, 2016
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  Electoral voters speak, and they’re not out for a revolt

  WASHINGTON — Republican electors have been hounded to abandon Donald Trump, but they appear to be in no mood for an insurrection in the presidential campaign’s last voting ritual. This most untraditional of elections is on course...

  • Posted December 15, 2016
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  Trump opponents try to defeat him at the Electoral College

  Activists are circulating online petitions to deprive Trump of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become the 45th President

  • Posted November 19, 2016