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Mainstream, Vol 62 No 44, Nov 2, 2024

US Presidential Election and the Perils of Excessive Decentralisation | Vijay Kumar

Saturday 2 November 2024, by Vijay Kumar

The November 5 US Presidential Election is heading for a breathtaking photo finish. As latest opinion poll conducted by the New York Times shows, both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are poised neck to neck.

The US Presidential election is regulated by peculiar regulations. The popular votes secured by candidates are not decisive; what clinches the outcome is majority secured in the Electoral College.

Unlike India, which is quasi-federal state, the US is a hardcore federal country, as it came into being as a result of a compact or an agreement among the states, described as