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How to Count to 270 an Electoral College Worksheet with the 2016 MapA repeatable worksheet for counting electoral votes, worked through on the 2016 map, with swing exercises and the Maine, Nebraska and faithless-elector rules.Four Elections That Tested the Electoral College, From 1800 to 1888A dated tour of four hard cases, a tie, a House decision, a disputed count and a popular-vote loser, and what each one changed.How delegates are chosen and what they really do at a national conventionA delegate casts the vote that nominates a president, and the path runs through ordinary precincts. Bound and unbound, winner-take-all, 1976, and how to run.Why a Republican Congress Wrote the 22nd Amendment After Four Terms of FDRThe two-term limit was written by Republicans after FDR's four elections, and its exact text settles most of the arguments people have about it.The twenty-four months from a midterm to a presidential race, month by monthA month-by-month activist calendar for the two years between a midterm and a presidential election, with the usual county, state and national rhythm.How Republicans Pick Nominees from Party Bosses to Primaries and CaucusesHow the nominating system grew from reforms, accidents and state law, from Wisconsin in 1903 to calendar fights, and the case for and against change.