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Originally posted by baddog
Because if they made it based on the popular vote alone, candidates would only worry about the people in PA, CA, NY, FL, OH, TX since that is where most people live.
FYI, only twice in history has the electoral vote not matched the popular vote. 2000, and back in the 1800's.
Bush won the popular vote, so don't blame this on the EC.
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I'm not blaming anything on the EC. I'm aware he won the popular vote as well. I'm just trying to understand how the system works as it's different from ours in Canada.
So I was right. Technically, the people don't choose the President. The choose the people who will choose the President.
Is it possible that the Electoral College choose a different President? Say a few Republican senators have a change of heart between now and January and they decide to vote Democrat instead?
What about the 3rd party vote? From what I remember last night, no states were won by 3rd party candidates. Does that mean they get no votes in January? If they were to get votes, could they technically vote Democrat and switch things up?