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==Summary==
The US presidential election system is complex in that it requires the majority of electoral college votes go to a single candidate. This has created controversial results both in the early history of the United States (e.g., 1826) but also in recent history, where candidates receiving the majority of the popular vote may not obtain the majority of the electoral college votes. Interestingly, early resolutions to this problem involved dividing states to divisible electoral votes, rather than giving the winner of the state popular vote automatically all of the electoral votes for the state. However, this still led to problems in 1826. More recently, only two states allow their electoral votes to be divided.
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