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The Electoral College Works

The Electoral College Works
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) presides over the counting of the electoral votes from the 2016 presidential election during a joint session of Congress, on Jan. 6, 2017, in Washington, DC. It was confirmed that President-elect Donald Trump won the election with 304 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton's 227. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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Commentary
The off-year elections have ended, and the long campaign for the presidency will now begin in earnest for those hopefuls who have not already begun laying the groundwork for their campaigns. That election will be conducted along the same basic constitutional ground rules that have successfully given us 45 presidents over more than 200 years.
Gary L. Gregg
Gary L. Gregg
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Gary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”
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