"Extremely narrow election outcomes...are likely to trigger dispute over the results. ... In this paper we evaluate the probability of such disputable US presidential elections under a hypothetical National Popular Vote versus the current EC system." nber.org/papers/w27993
"... in practice the Electoral College today is about 40 times as likely as a National Popular Vote to generate scenarios in which a small number of ballots in a pivotal voting unit determines the Presidency."
"This disputed-election risk is asymmetric across political parties. It is about twice as likely that a Democrat's Electoral College victory in a close election could be overturned by a judicial decision affecting less than 1K, 5K, or 10K ballots in a single, pivotal state."
In conclusion, the Electoral College is utter garbage that raises the chances of political crises and systematically biases the system in the GOP's favor. Kill it with fire.
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