Under the Electoral College system, each state is worth a certain number of electoral votes based on population.
The snag is that even the electoral college system that secured Mr Davies's victory might not work for Millbank's Mr Michael.
Local newspaper reports quoted him as offering Washington some advice on electoral reform - suggesting that the present electoral college system be replaced by one which reflects more closely the overall vote.
The mock election uses the electoral college system.
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Much of the blame for the current crisis has been pinned on the electoral-college system.
The electoral-college system is fiercely defended by small states as an integral part of the federal system.
The primary system works alongside the Electoral College to disenfranchise large swaths of voters.
The system operates much like the Electoral College, in which vote-mandated "Electors" ultimately select the U.S. president every four years.
In a Morning Edition interview last week, George Edwards, author of Why the Electoral College is Bad for America, questioned the system.
How does the Electoral College affect the political strength of the two-party system in the United States?
Point out that the U.S. Constitution does specify a system for the election of the president, known as the Electoral College.
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