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en-wikipedia-org-5680		United States Electoral College - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	26322	3501	71	In addition, faithless electors may not vote in accord with their pledge.[6][b] Further objection is that instead of spending equally on each voter in the nation, candidates focus their campaigns on just a few swing states.[8] While polling data show having a direct popular vote for presidential elections is consistently favored by a majority of Americans, the popularity of the Electoral College has hovered between 35 and 44% in the 21st century.[9][c] Cases of certificates of the electoral college votes confirming the results of the 2020 US election, after they had been removed from the House Chambers by congressional staff during the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. The Tuesday following the first Monday in November has been fixed as the day for holding federal elections, called the Election Day.[103] After the election, each state prepares seven Certificates of Ascertainment, each listing the candidates for president and vice president, their pledged electors, and the total votes each candidacy received.[104] One certificate is sent, as soon after Election Day as practicable, to the National Archivist in Washington.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5680.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5680.txt