candidate wins the election according to the electoral college, but loses the popular vote. We then consider how this likelihood …. We conclude that rising polarization of political beliefs leading up to the 2020 election has made these two election …

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 …