Sunday, September 20, 2020

Think we should scrap the electoral college? Here’s why that’s a bad idea. | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Think we should scrap the electoral college? Here’s why that’s a bad idea. | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

"...President Trump could get elected a second time without winning the popular vote. 
...This would surely prompt another chorus of calls to scrap the Electoral College. 
I think that would be a mistake.
...Electing presidents via popular vote would be a logistical disaster, rendering every recount a national recount. 
Moreover, eliminating the Electoral College would require a wholesale revision of the Constitution. 
That process would almost surely fail, and it would certainly be ugly...Read all.

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