Electoral College: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Lawrence D. Longley and Neal R. Peirce, The Electoral College Primer 2000 (1999), is an excellent overview of the history, operation, and biases of the Electoral College system. A brief but clear description of the system is Walter Berns (ed.), After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College, rev. and enlarged ed. (1992). Critical discussion appears in Judith A. Best, The Choice of the People?: Debating the Electoral College (1996); and David W. Abbott and James P. Levine, Wrong Winner: The Coming Debacle in the Electoral College (1991).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Media added. | Jun 23, 2025 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Archives - The Electoral College. | Apr 15, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Feb 28, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 29, 2024 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| Instances of “electoral college” changed to “Electoral College.” | Dec 26, 2023 | ||
| Changed placement of map. | Mar 20, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 17, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 27, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 09, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Electoral College. | Jan 18, 2019 | ||
| Article revised to mention that in the presidential election of 2016 Donald Trump won the electoral college vote but lost the nationwide popular vote. |
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Jan 20, 2017 | |
| Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - The Electoral College. | Dec 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The United States Studies Center at the University of Sydney - Electoral College. | Jul 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Archives - The Electoral College. | Jul 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Congress for Kids - The Electoral College. | Jul 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: History, Art, and Archives - United States House of Representatives - Electoral College Fast Facts. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - How Does the Electoral College Work? | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Removed link to 2008 US presidential election article. | Nov 02, 2012 | ||
| Removed redundant phrasing on reference to table. | Dec 14, 2010 | ||
| Discussion of National Popular Vote bill added. | Aug 05, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How Does The Electoral College Work? | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 12, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - How the Electoral College Works. | Nov 10, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 04, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | May 21, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 18, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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