Twice in as many decades, a president won the office without the popular vote. Both times, people cried foul on the Electoral College. Detractors claim the institution is antiquated and impedes democracy, but Tara Ross–a lawyer and constitutional scholar–argues that the Electoral College is the best defense of America’s constitutional republic.
Tags: Electoral College, Founders, Indispensable Electoral College, Mob Rule, Tara Ross
Tara Ross is the author of Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College (2d ed. 2012) and a co-author […] More about Tara Ross.
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