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  Americans (won’t) elect!
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ContributorTX DEM 
Last EditedTX DEM  Nov 23, 2011 02:31pm
CategoryEditorial
News DateNov 23, 2011 02:30pm
DescriptionYou’ve seen them on the Colbert Report, you’ve heard them on NPR, you’ve read about them in the New York Times. Americans Electis branding itself as a new way to nominate and eventually elect a nonpartisan ticket for president and vice president of the United States.


However, no president has ever been elected without his political party being represented in the U.S. Congress after the preceding midterms. While this may seem like a casual fun fact that one would find useful on “Jeopardy!” it actually speaks to a greater truth that one needs a massive coalition to win the Electoral College. It takes ingrained infrastructure, money, history, and foot soldiers to guarantee them the White House every eight years or so.
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