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the fact of the matter is that for most of its existence the EC has been an institution that ratifies the decision of voters. it is vestigial, a part of the system that has survived because there usually isn’t major divergence between who the people want and what the EC delivers. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 31, 2019 Hibernated

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there’s a persuasive-sounding defense of the electoral college that hinges on the “national & federal character” of the constitution but ignores the many developments post-1789 which altered the character of the government as well as its relationship to democratic legitimacy — PolitiTweet.org

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instead of pointing to the federalist papers to defend an institution that hasn’t worked as designed since 1796, EC defenders should actually grapple with what regular EV/PV splits mean for the legitimacy of the national government in age of hyper-partisanship — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 31, 2019 Hibernated