"Krone" commentary
High hurdles for Kamala Harris
The antiquated but immortal US electoral system places highly unfair hurdles in the way of Democratic presidential candidates like Kamala Harris. The news magazine "Economist" summarizes it briefly: Harris would have to achieve a lead of at least 2.1 percent to enter the White House. This does not apply to Republican candidates. Trump has never had a majority.
And this is the complicated context: US citizens do not elect the president directly, but via so-called electoral college votes in each state. Strictly speaking, there will be 50 presidential elections plus the capital Washington on November 5.
The 538 electors will then vote for the president in each state individually in December. Each state has as many electors as it has representatives in Congress, i.e. two senators and, depending on the population, at least one deputy. In 48 states, the winner receives all of the state's electors.
And this is the crux of the matter: the large number of firmly Republican cowboy states in the Midwest have few inhabitants but 2 senators each.
California, for example, home to Kamala Harris, with the highest number of representatives in the US Congress, is grossly underrepresented with 2 senators.
Democrats therefore have to make a double effort.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Da dieser Artikel älter als 18 Monate ist, ist zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt kein Kommentieren mehr möglich.
Wir laden Sie ein, bei einer aktuelleren themenrelevanten Story mitzudiskutieren: Themenübersicht.
Bei Fragen können Sie sich gern an das Community-Team per Mail an forum@krone.at wenden.