The size of the House of Representatives, not the American people, can determine the outcome of presidential elections

After the 2000 presidential election, in which Al Gore won the majority of the popular vote, but not the election, there have been perennial discussions of the merit of using the Electoral College to elect the President. Fabrice Barthélémy, Mathieu Martin, and Ashley Piggins examine the so-called “referendum paradox” that resulted in the Bush victory and its effect on other presidential elections. They show that because of the Electoral College, the arbitrary size of the House of Representatives, not the voters, can determine the outcome of a presidential election.