Many people believe that the Electoral College was primarily created by the Framers of the Constitution because they were afraid of democracy or because they wanted to protect small states. These notions… Read more »
Sorry, that headline, although accurate, is a bit outdated. The Republican Platform called for reforming the electoral college three times: 1948: “We favor a revision of the procedure for the election… Read more »
Andrew Sullivan says that the rise of Trump is the result of too much democracy. First he claims that the American political system was designed to thwart democracy: To guard our democracy… Read more »