Windows Phone has a new app problem. Microsoft's apps are evaporating. I gave up on Windows Phone almost a year ago, citing a lack of apps and Microsoft's mobile platform getting left behind. While the app gap has always been a problem, Windows Phone is now five years old and it's still facing new challenges. Over the past year developers haven't flocked to Microsoft's platform to improve its app situation. Instead, more and more high-profile apps have actually disappeared.
What is the Electoral College? The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
But, the election for U.S. president is more complicated than plurality rule, as a candidate becomes the next president of the United States when he or she wins a majority, or 270 of the 538 electoral votes. Each state is assigned a number of electoral votes according to its population. The number of electoral votes is set at 538. Each state receives one electoral vote for the number of members it has in the House of Representatives; this accounts for 435 of the 538 electoral votes. The number of representatives of a state is determined through apportionment which is a function of the U.S. Census population for the state.