Political chaos without Electoral College—1960 Election would not have been decided until 1964
Politics • March 2009 • Views: 204
Professor Robert Hardaway did just that when testified against HB 1299 – the national popular nightmare. Prof Hardaway uses the 1960 election, with its very close popular vote between Kennedy and Nixon, as an example. Had we had a national popular vote rather than the Electoral College in 1960, Hardaway concludes that America would have endured years of lawsuits and no confirmed president until the 1964 election.