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25. The irony of the Electoral College

Fri May 16, 2025, 09:44 AM

May 16

Is that the founders put that in place because they were concerned that the public would not educate itself enough to make wise choices about politicians. And here we are today.

What we have today with the Electoral College, is in anachronism where we have an obsolete structure that no longer performs its original purpose. It isn't helping, but the original concern remains. Is it even possible for a country to make an informed decision on a democratic basis in today's world?

And let us be honest about the pitfalls of a popular vote. With a pure popular vote system we would then be exposed to the possibility of a million fraudulent votes emerging from, say Mississippi, just in time to tip the election. How would we deal with that, considering that we allow the states to run their own elections?

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