historical and empirical analysis of the Electoral College

Is the Electoral College outdated? This paper argues that it is.

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"Popular Myths about Popular Vote-Electoral College Splits," by Brian J. Gaines, found in PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Mar., 2001), p.75

As long as the electoral college system remains in place, the popular vote winner is essentially a curiosity. Majoritarian impulses run deep in Americans, but it should be clear that if the presidency were won by national popular vote, campaign strategies for all of the candidates would be very different. To borrow an analogy, arguing that a candidate "deserves" the presidency because he won a popular vote plurality is akin to arguing that a team "really won" a football game in which it out-gained its opponents in total yards but somehow failed to score.

links for the Electoral College resolution

Basic info on electoral college system

Nitty-Gritty details about how the strange rules of the Electoral College could influence the 2004 Bush election

Good info on if Gore would have won election if electoral college didn’t exist

“In Defense of the Electoral College”

Vote-swapping as a consequence of the Electoral College system

What if the EC produces a tie?

Pros and Cons of The Electoral College