American Exceptionalism: The Electoral College

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