He defeated republican mitt romney in a hardfought race in which the economy was the. A whole complicated process, known as the electoral college system, stands between your vote and who actually becomes the president. Feb 21, 2018 civil rights activists are challenging the legality of four states winnertakeall method of allocating u. A federal court ruling in august 2019 ruled that members of the electoral college are not mandated to vote for the winner of their states popular vote. Gillibrand won the election that triggered in 2010, and was reelected to full terms in 2012 and 2018. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading enlightened democracy. The electoral college is a body of electors established by the united states constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the united states. Obama won a decisive victory over mccain, winning the electoral college and the popular vote by a sizable margin, including states that had not voted for the democratic presidential candidate since 1976 north carolina and 1964 indiana and virginia. In the electoral college count, however, bush tallied 271 electors to gores 266. Has an elector ever voted against their designated party.
Why does the electoral college give states disproportionate voting power. The electoral college creates the possibility of a 269269 tie vote, and in almost every recent election there has been a relatively credible scenario for such an outcome. Proportional versus winnertakeall electoral vote allocations. One reason that covid19 is different that the flu is that some of those who get covid19 and survive end up with permanent organ damage. Weaver adams, an american chess master, once wrote a book called white to play and win. History, slavery, sexism, the south, and the electoral college. Obamas 3 million vote, electoral college landslide, majority of states mandate the president won big.
It summarizes the changes in the electoral college vote by comparing united states presidential. The election was then decided by the house of representatives, which granted the victory to adams. Electoral college vote calculator and map generator. In 2009, she was appointed to the senate seat vacated by hillary clinton upon the latters appointment as barack obamas secretary of state. There are some good reasons for some people to vote some of the time. This graph shows the official results of the popular vote of the 2012 presidential elections in the united states.
Obama sandy stump speech obama aurora speech november 2012. For example, the electoral college time series for april 27, 2012 shows the entire year, not just the days up to april 27, 2012, because there was only one file with the data and it was updated every day, so now it reflects the end of 2012. Scct engine tournaments, scct book tournaments, perfect opening books, chess benchmarks by sedat canbaz chess engine tournament chess engine rating chess engine ratings computer chess engine tournaments computer chess engine tournament computer chess engine rating computer chess. I games with perfect information 9 2 nash equilibrium.
Early voting has been kicked around as an indicator of how the vote will turn out. How the electoral college can turn a definite presidential. Would third party candidates in the united states fare better. The 2012 united states presidential election was the 57th quadrennial presidential election, held on tuesday, november 6, 2012.
Regarding the popular vote of the people, on only six occasions 1824, 1876, 1888, 1960, 2000, and 2016 has the winner of the popular vote lost in the electoral college, while only once has a candidate received an absolute majority of the national popular vote and lost the election because of the electoral college samuel tilden in 1876. Here is a selection of books available at the joliet public library concerning the 2012 election. Based on super gms games average 2650 elo perfect 2012 t means a t ournament book,recommended to be used for serious competitions no various openings,but as far as possible, the strongest modern openings are preferred and used. The electoral number assigned to states being equal to the number of congressional districts plus 2 for the senators. For example, california, the most populous state, has about 29.
An introduction to the moves, strategies, and philosophy of chess, wit. All other candidates were on the ballots of fewer than 10 states, 100 electors, and less than 20% of voters nationwide. The united states presidential election of 2012 broke new records in financing, fundraising, and negative campaigning. These highly acclaimed, instructive chess books, by grandmaster yasser seirawan, including his newest one, winning chess combinations prove to be our best selling series. The electoral process can also create a larger mandate to give the president more credibility.
Nov 16, 2012 in most elections, the results of the electoral college are less democratic than the popular vote. The 2012 us presidential election was contested between incumbent president barack obama of the democratic party, and the republican nominee mitt romney. However the position is not perfect, and conservatives plan to do further equalisation. Its not perfect, since it reflects a combination of opinion, voter intensity, and maybe getoutthe vote efforts. I show that a majority of voters in that state is made worse off as a result of the change. I said above that obamas election has set the cause of fighting racism back 50 years and this is a perfect example of that. The 14th indirect presidential election, in order to elect the th president, was held in india on 19 july 2012. For candidates who became vice president, please see list of fictional u. And thats not just the elderly or those with preexisting conditions.
Can a president win the electoral college and lose the popular vote. The two leading candidates for the presidency were former finance minister pranab mukherjee from west bengal and former speaker of the lok sabha purno agitok sangma from meghalaya. Frequently asked questions about the electoral college fairvote. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pdf election inversions by the us electoral college. When you cast your vote, youre not actually voting directly for a candidate. There is a newly created group called vote chess forum that discusses things like this. Frequently asked questions about the electoral college.
More than 3 years period of time has been spent for the optimization of perfect 2012 book it is based on perfect 2011 book book s depth is mainly up to 8 moves exception for a few lines,which are slightly improved to play up to 1012 moves perfect 2012 book s learning functions are disabled. According to article ii, section 1, clause 2 of the constitution, each state. I see people looking at 1 poll or 1 site and panickingcelebrating. Obama wins popular vote, controls electoral college. President obama has won the election with about 65. Electoral college change from winnertakeall system gains. And things would have potentially gotten messy from there. Calculates electoral vote results for any election year 1840 2004 and produces results map. Christopher suprun, a paramedic and former firefighter who was one of the first responders on sept. Since 1856, pennsylvania has sent 440 more republican electors than democratic electors to the electoral college, the most of any state. The following table records the official presidential vote tallies for maine and nebraskas congressional districts. If the leadup to november is any indication, it looks like we are in for another exciting contest of rival campaigns, parties, and ideas.
Nov 19, 2016 partisan opposition to electoral college may make it harder to change. This is a list of fictional candidates who ran for the office of president of the united states, chiefly reallife joke or protest candidates or those depicted in fiction whose campaigns had an unknown fate or were unsuccessful. If there is a tie, the voting is repeated until the tie is broken. Lol michale this is the perfect example of what i said above. Use it as a starting point to create and share your 2020 forecast. The pennsylvania senates republican leader, dominic pileggi, is talking up a plan to award his states electoral vote by congressional districts. I n fact, what really happens to your vote isnt quite that simple. What if there is no majority winner within the electoral college.
Which us states give proportional presidential electoral. Does the candidate who wins the state by popular vote also. Nov 07, 2012 obama wins popular vote, controls electoral college voters have given president obama a second term in office. Perfect 2015 t means a t ournament book, recommended to be used for serious tournaments perfect 2015t includes no various openings, but it is highly based on very strong lines perfect 2015 s means a s tandard book, recommended to be used for testings, ratings. And finally, mueller is playing 3d chess, but the donald appears to be playing checkers. The democratic nominee, president barack obama, and his running mate, vice president joe biden, were elected to a second term. However i am hopeful that england, along with every other major national chess playing association will vote for kasparov. Now my math may not be perfect, but the strategy is simple. Winnertakeall electoral practice faces voterrights challenge. The new electoral vote distribution will be in effect for the 2012 election. If youd like to change history, visit the 2012 election historical interactive map. Everything you need to know about the electoral college as. Our current electoral college rules allow for partisan manipulation of outcomes. Plus, at least for now, until and unless we amend the constitution, the electoral college is by the book.
It took some advanced differential calculus to figure this out, but our staff mathematicians say that equates to a 1% chance of winning the nomination. Is an elector required to vote for their designated party. Instead i would rather put that time into watching a good chess video, studying a chess book, or just doing my own work on a project such as studying a concrete 2v1 pawn position and figuring out where pieces need to be to win or draw. And by january 6, 2001, the senate was split 5050 between parties with al gore as the presiding officer and tiebreaking vote.
Study 27 terms political science flashcards quizlet. Can a president win the electoral college and lose the. Partisan opposition to electoral college may make it harder. Electoral vote changes between united states presidential. Electoral vote difference in us presidential reelection campaigns 1792 2012 age of us presidents when first taking office 17892016 length of united states presidents terms 17892017. Oct 30, 2012 there are 48 states that have a winnertakesall rule for the electoral college. Republicans in pennsylvania map strategy on electoral. Based on short openings, played in scct mainly by chess engines average 33003600 elo each opening line is carefully hand tuned its highly optimized to be used for engine matches.
She has been considerably more liberal since joining the senate, a development that she attributes to representing a different constituency, since new york as a whole is more liberal than ny20. Since the 2012 democratic primaries, the number of pledged delegates allocated to each of the 50 u. Our interactive 2012 electoral map now includes the new distribution. Run whatif scenarios to see how a race might have turned out. Headlines and video, candidates positions on the issues, fundraising totals, states to watch news and analysis, and a unique. On the first anniversary of the very odd election of 2000, its hard to look back without fixating on florida and the courts. Serving for one term in the house, gillibrand developed a reputation as a centrist.
Nov 21, 2016 i ran numbers for some recent elections. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Obamas 3 million vote, electoral college landslide. Nov 07, 2016 how the electoral college can turn a definite presidential winner into a loser. It awards one electoral vote per congressional district and two by the statewide, atlarge vote. For successful candidates who became president, please see list of fictional u. Each state can cast one electoral vote for each senator and representative it has. This gives something of a bias toward small states. They defeated the republican ticket of businessman and former governor mitt romney of massachusetts and representative paul ryan of wisconsin. In defense of the electoral college national affairs.
What happens when no one wins a presidential election. The electoral college system isnt perfect, and right now it is a disadvantage to the republicans. Even with its flaws, though, it is the best system available. The following is a summary of the electoral vote changes between united states presidential elections.
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