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# US ELECTORAL SYSTEM

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Electoral College formally confirms that Joe Biden is the next US president
Citizens in the US don't actually elect the president - it's more complicated than that
Column: ‘Politics across the Atlantic should make us consider our own system’
Maura Adshead