... may receive a sizeable percentage of the popular vote, unless they can achieve a plurality within a state, they will not be recognized or represented in the electoral college. For example, in 1992 Ross Perot received 19% of the popular vote, but had no electoral representation (De Pangher). The effect on the third party voter is to fundamentally render their vote superfluous. At the ... 2002. Fiorina, Morris and Peterson, Paul. The New American Democracy. Second Ed. New York: Longman, 2002. The National Archives and Records Administration. The United States Electoral College. 7 February...

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