Liberals Claim Electoral College Is Biased. Here Are the Facts.

The Daily Signal
Oct. 31, 2017

Happy Halloween from Washington, where the White House sees nothing to fear in the first indictments in the special counsel's Russia probe. Fred Lucas reports. Women gathering in Detroit appear afraid of conservative views, though, Kelsey Harkness discovers. Why is the real estate industry split on tax reform? Rachel del Guidice explains. Plus: Rachel Greszler on a bad tax idea,Tara Ross on liberals' electoral mistake, Will Racke on a church versus George Washington, and our "Right Side of History" podcast on this exceptional nation. Watch out for the little ones tonight.

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Liberals Claim Electoral College Is Biased. Here Are the Facts.

In 1824, Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were both members of the same political party. But in every other election with a discrepancy between the electoral and popular votes, the losing candidate has been the Democrat.

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