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power in the U.S. electoral college  

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  • The president of the United States is elected not by a direct national popular vote, but by an electoral college system in which the popular votes in each separate state are aggregated by adding up electoral votes awarded on a winner-take-all basis to the plurality winner in each state. State electoral votes vary with population and at present range from 3 to 55. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; U.S. Electoral College, Power In]

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