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I'm not sure how to do this exactly. But what would the consequences have been had the Birch-Celler amendment passed in the Senate and been enacted? Would 1968 is the last election under the electoral College system? Or would enactment have taken so long as to preserve the old system through 1972? In any event how would subsequent campaigns have unfolded under a popular vote system? Would candidates campaign differently? How would election night be covered without the race being focused on electoral math. Would state by state results still be covered or would there just be coverage of the fluctuating popular vote tally? Would no electoral college impact how subsequent elections are seen even if they have similar results? In short if the drive to kill the electoral college in 1969 was successful what else would change?