Friday, September 20, 2019

"What Would It Sound Like If Someone Proposed the Electoral College for the First Time Today?"

"Two hundred years ago, the Founding Fathers made a mistake. They decided that the president of the United States should be elected by a popular vote held among the entire country's citizens. The results of this flawed system speak for themselves. Under the popular vote, Americans have endured two centuries of elections where the presidential candidate who receives the most votes is also the winner.
"This is simply too much democracy."

Matt Ford at The New Republic makes "The Case Against the Popular Vote."

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