Read more electoral college stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/718/electoral-college.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:15:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64658/sneak-attack-on-electoral-college-gains-ground.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOpponents of the Electoral College are making progress on an end run around the institution with the goal of setting up a system that would decide the presidential election solely on the popular vote, Tara Ross writes for the Weekly Standard . “Formally eliminating the Electoral College through a constitutional amendment...http://www.newser.com/story/64658/sneak-attack-on-electoral-college-gains-ground.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 13:42:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56481/texas-wants-to-secede-that-sounds-great.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRick Perry’s talk of seceding from the union might seem crazy, but calling the Texas governor's bluff would be a great deal for Democrats, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Consider: Democrats would suddenly have a filibuster-proof majority in the 98-seat Senate. Republicans would lose eight more House members than...http://www.newser.com/story/56481/texas-wants-to-secede-that-sounds-great.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 13:31:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47217/pelosi-sacks-fla-reps-plea-to-delay-votes-for-gator-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Florida congressman asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to postpone certifying the election of Barack Obama and other business so the Florida and Oklahoma delegations can attend the Gators and Sooners BCS championship game tomorrow, AP reports. "Madam Speaker, kindly consider," Republican Cliff Stearns pleaded in a handwritten note.http://www.newser.com/story/47217/pelosi-sacks-fla-reps-plea-to-delay-votes-for-gator-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 8:57:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45370/electoral-college-needs-rehab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 538 electors chosen to represent the will of the people cast their ballots for president today, officially ending the contest between Barack Obama and John McCain, writes Randall Lane for the New York Times . The otherwise-predictable ritual included a twist: a Nebraska elector voting for the candidate who won...http://www.newser.com/story/45370/electoral-college-needs-rehab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 18:32:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42743/nebraska-splits-electoral-votes-in-first-obama-gets-1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has won a single Nebraska electoral vote in post-election counting, the first time the state has split the vote since a 1991 law allowed the practice, the AP reports. No Democrat has gotten a vote in the state since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.http://www.newser.com/story/42743/nebraska-splits-electoral-votes-in-first-obama-gets-1.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Nov 2008 17:08:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41529/silver-only-5-states-matter-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe campaigns would have you believe that lots of states are still in play, but only five really matter at this point, writes Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com. They are Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, and Ohio. Silver emphasizes that "by far the most likely scenario" is that Barack Obama will...http://www.newser.com/story/41529/silver-only-5-states-matter-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Nov 2008 22:40:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/41117/mccain-running-in-place-polls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain isn’t gaining any ground in the polls, according to FiveThirtyEight, which pegs Obama’s odds of victory at 96.7% to McCain’s 3.3%. As of yesterday, polls predict a final electoral score of 351-187, numbers unchanged from the day before. National tracking polls showed minuscule moves in McCain’s...http://www.newser.com/story/41117/mccain-running-in-place-polls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Oct 2008 12:29:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40941/john-mccain-heres-how-you-can-still-win-this-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn McCain, the polls aren’t looking good and your running mate is being accused of going “rogue,” but Nate Silver has some advice on how you can still eke out a victory. “No razzle-dazzle here,” Silver writes for FiveThirtyEight, “McCain simply has to pick which states he and Sarah Palin...http://www.newser.com/story/40941/john-mccain-heres-how-you-can-still-win-this-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Oct 2008 12:11:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40000/a-baseball-nerd-turns-to-election-stats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGive the sheer number of political polls being produced, and the history of many of them proving wrong, it takes a seriously smart statistician (and something of a nerd) to predict the presidential race with any authority. Nate Silver, the man who "revolutionized the interpretation of baseball stats," is both,...http://www.newser.com/story/40000/a-baseball-nerd-turns-to-election-stats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Oct 2008 11:32:00 CDT