Calls to abandon the Electoral College are increasing. Is this core part of the American experiment still relevant?
Tara Ross is a historian and author who has written extensively in defense of the Electoral College. In this episode, we discuss:
+Why our Founding Fathers selected this method to elect our President
+Why the leaders of the Civil Rights movement defended it
+Historical challenges to the Electoral College and their outcomes
+How the Supreme Court and various State Legislatures are influencing it
+How our two party system is bolstered because of the Electoral College
