What the Heck is the Electoral College?
Historian Alexander Keyssar explains what the Founders were thinking when they designed the electoral college, and why the system has persisted even though so many Americans object to it.
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Excerpted from: Early and Often: Voting in America
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[...] What the Heck is the Electoral College? Historian Alexander Keyssar explains what the Founders were thinking when they designed the electoral college, and why the system has persisted even though so many Americans object to it. [...]
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