Safeguard: An Electoral College Story
"What if a modification you made had unexpected consequences?" Safeguard: Electoral College Stories asks about presidential elections. How does it work? What if we modified the rules? The Electoral College was created by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. Democracies work in stages and through the states. This layout forces candidates to reach across the country rather than just one region or cluster of cities. And it prevents presidents from controlling elections, even their own. The Electoral College is explained by former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, Princeton historian Allen Guelzo, and other specialists.
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