American Exceptionalism: The Electoral College
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Published3 months ago
Duration0:57
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Languageen
CategoryNews & Politics
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Fearing populous states would dominate national elections and drown out the rest of the country, the Founding Fathers crafted the Electoral College as a unique compromise to elect the president indirectly—ensuring balanced representation amongst the states. The result: peaceful power transitions, and a stable republic that has endured every presidential election, even contested ones, since 1787.
To learn more about American Exceptionalism: Governance, visit: https://www.hoover.org/research/american-exceptionalism-governance