Directory of Electoral College Resources

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Provides information about the electoral college system and process.

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• Abolition or Reform
• Twenty-Third Amendment
• Vote Swapping

Resources in This Category

• 270toWin.com

  http://www.270towin.com/
  Interactive map for do-it-yourself projections of the electoral college results in the presidential election. Includes results of prior elections and each state's voting history.

• Harper's Weekly - Hayes vs. Tilden: The Electoral College Controversy of 1876-1877

  http://elections.harpweek.com/Controversy.htm
  Provides an overview of the controversy, biographies of those involved, and a day-by-day account of the events.

• How Stuff Works - How the Electoral College Works

  http://people.howstuffworks.com/electoral-college.htm
  Kevin Bonsor's explanation includes an introduction, the Founding Fathers' idea, how electors get the real vote, distribution of 2004 and 2008 electoral votes, when the Electoral College counted, and the present view.

• John W. Cooper - Is This a Democratic Way to Pick a President?

  http://www.johnwcooper.com/papers/electoralcollege.htm
  Defense of the electoral college and representative democracies from a senior at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business

• NPR - Debating the Merits of the Electoral College

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4127863
  Collection of stories reflecting various views on the Electoral College.

• President Elect

  http://presidentelect.us/
  Information on the election of US Presidents and the electoral college. Offers election results since 1789, history and electoral college debate.

• The Case Program - The Electoral College

  http://www.hks.harvard.edu/case/3pt/electoral.html
  Information about the electoral college system presented by the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

• US National Archives and Records Administration - Electoral College

  http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/
  Provides information and statistics including a FAQ, electoral college calculator, teaching resources, historical election results and deadlines for state officials and voting resources.

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