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2024 vote could bring electoral college distortions to the forefront
IMPERFECT UNION
2024 vote could bring electoral college distortions to the forefront
The system empowers a sliver of the U.S. population in a diminishing number of battleground states. And the majority may not even prevail.
By Michael Scherer, Clara Ence Morse, Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVine
December 8, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST
Arlando Monk is an increasingly rare find in presidential politics: a voter whose choices matter.
The Black entrepreneur lives in Wisconsin, one of seven expected battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential race. He is registered to vote but not sure he will bother. He has not decided between former president Donald Trump or President Biden, if those are the major-party options.
“If it’s between them, I’m going to say this: Trump was hilarious. He was hilarious,” said Monk, 43, who lives in the Milwaukee area. Biden, meanwhile, has not delivered the change he expected, leaving Monk unsure. “I would say, it’s kind of up in the air.”
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About this story
This story is part of Imperfect Union, a series examining the ways Americans feel unrepresented by a political system struggling with a collision of forces both old and new.
Editing by Griff Witte. Copy editing by Sarah Mark. Project editing by KC Schaper. Data editing by Anu Narayanswamy. Photo editing by Natalia Jiménez. Design editing by Betty Chavarria. Graphics editing by Adrián Blanco Ramos. Additional editing by Rosalind S. Helderman.
By Michael Scherer, Clara Ence Morse, Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVine
2024 vote could bring electoral college distortions to the forefront
The system empowers a sliver of the U.S. population in a diminishing number of battleground states. And the majority may not even prevail.
By Michael Scherer, Clara Ence Morse, Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVine
December 8, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST
Arlando Monk is an increasingly rare find in presidential politics: a voter whose choices matter.
The Black entrepreneur lives in Wisconsin, one of seven expected battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential race. He is registered to vote but not sure he will bother. He has not decided between former president Donald Trump or President Biden, if those are the major-party options.
“If it’s between them, I’m going to say this: Trump was hilarious. He was hilarious,” said Monk, 43, who lives in the Milwaukee area. Biden, meanwhile, has not delivered the change he expected, leaving Monk unsure. “I would say, it’s kind of up in the air.”
{snip}
About this story
This story is part of Imperfect Union, a series examining the ways Americans feel unrepresented by a political system struggling with a collision of forces both old and new.
Editing by Griff Witte. Copy editing by Sarah Mark. Project editing by KC Schaper. Data editing by Anu Narayanswamy. Photo editing by Natalia Jiménez. Design editing by Betty Chavarria. Graphics editing by Adrián Blanco Ramos. Additional editing by Rosalind S. Helderman.
By Michael Scherer, Clara Ence Morse, Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVine