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This happens when the percentage of states with more electoral votes is greater than the percentage of the population voting for a candidate. “It has happened at least four times out of 56 presidential elections, or more than 7% of the time, which is not that small a percentage, and each time it has created horrible chaos,” Minnpost said. Another issue outlined by Minnpost is the site's view on the intentions of constituency writers. They talk about how the authors intended the vote for president to be brought to the House as a more naturalized event. “When the Framers created that crazy structure, where the presidential election would be thrown from the Electoral College to the House for a state and one vote to choose the next president, they believed that this would actually happen on a regular basis,” they say that the way we vote is different from how the framers saw it