The U.S. presidential election system — with winner-take-all states and the electoral college — warps the political process and even the way people see their own country.
I would prefer the United States move to a national popular vote to choose its president. But even if that never happens, it’s critically important that Americans not understand the country based on our weird, distorting presidential campaigns..
Politics
The way we talk about politics does not describe America
The America of the campaign trail, debates and political news is not the real America.