The Importance of the Electoral College
by George Grant
2020-05-28 04:44:17
The Importance of the Electoral College
by George Grant
2020-05-28 04:44:17
What do Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, Jack Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Harry Truman, George W. Bush, Woodrow Wilson, and eight other presidents have in common? Each received less than a majority of the votes cast in the elections that elevated them into ...
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What do Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, Jack Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Harry Truman, George W. Bush, Woodrow Wilson, and eight other presidents have in common? Each received less than a majority of the votes cast in the elections that elevated them into the White House. Nevertheless, it has only been recently that the system the Founding Fathers put into place to elect the nation's chief executive, the Electoral College, has come under withering criticism.Is the Electoral College an outmoded relic of a bygone era as some have argued? Or is it an essential and time-tested bulwark of America's great experiment in liberty?In this timely primer on the federal system of the Founders, George Grant makes the case for the wisdom and continuing necessity of the Electoral College.
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