Constitutional Amendment, Electoral College, Electors, Popular Vote, Two-Party System
Frequently Asked Questions: “Wasn’t the Electoral College created to prevent ‘mob rule?'” ”Wasn’t the Electoral College created to protect smaller states from larger states?” ANSWER: No … That’s NOT correct. The Electoral College was not...
Electoral College, Two-Party System
The idea that the Electoral College somehow protects the interests of the smaller more rural states as compared to the bigger more urban states may (or may not) have been true in 1776, but it was definitely a myth which was no longer true by the mid-20th century. What...