An electoral college edge? How Trump could again lose the popular vote and win
(The Guardian United States)

Trump is an unpopular president - but experts say the electoral college system puts him in a good place for a second termDonald Trump has the dubious distinction of being the only US president since Gallup began tracking presidential approval ratings in 1938 to have been permanently `under water` - he has never been viewed favorably by half or more of the American electorate.Trump should, by historical precedent, be looking at a thumping defeat in the 2020 presidential election. But political scientists and strategists have told the Guardian that he could be thrown a re-election lifeline thanks to the country´s quirky approach to democracy in the form of the electoral college. Continue reading...