main opponents. At the same time, formally winning the election does not guarantee staying in power. We present a unified …

. Such an election might be a pure farce, with the incumbents getting close to 100% of the vote. In other instances … a fair election allows him to signal his popularity to the people. After casting their vote, heterogeneous citizens …

main opponents. At the same time, formally winning the election does not guarantee staying in power. We present a unified …

One frequently overlooked aspect of the U.S.-style electoral college system is that it discourages election fraud. In a … presidential election based on the popular vote, competing political parties are motivated to manipulate votes in areas where they … electoral college system provides more effective protection against election fraud compared to the popular vote system. While …