Cleaning Up the Electoral Process
The American political system is far from perfect but is generally considered to be better than most all others. Its openness, transparency and level of citizen involvement may be unequaled…
The End Game – What Went Wrong
It would be nice if everyone had given their attention to how quickly Congresscompleted its work Wednesday. How, after a brief disruption, it counted the electoral ballots and confirmed President-elect Joe Biden and…
What the hell is going on?
Pardon us if we are a little confused regarding the current status of the 2020 election results. We have been saying all along that we are dedicated to following the…
What’s Really at Stake in 2020
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has clarified what is at stake in the 2020 election. It is not, as some believe, democracy itself. Nor is it, as others assume,…
Beware Of Faithless Electors
As part of their populist platforms, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have vowed to get rid of the Electoral College, so that the U.S. President is chosen by a direct popular vote. Likewise, Pete Buttigieghas…
The Danger of the Attacks on the Electoral College
Once upon a time, the Electoral College was not controversial. During the debates over ratifying the Constitution, Anti-Federalist opponents of ratification barely mentioned it. But by the mid-twentieth century, opponents…
Rural Americans would be serfs if we abolished the Electoral College
Should rural and small-town Americans be reduced to serfdom? The American Founders didn’t think so. This is one reason why they created checks and balances, including the Electoral College. Today…
What the Electoral College Saves Us From
By Dan McLaughlin • National Review The latest enthusiasm from progressive pundits and activists for replacing the American system of self-government is to abolish the Electoral College and choose presidents…
Without The Electoral College, The United States Is No Longer A Republic
By Sumantra Maitra • The Federalist During the dying days of the Roman Republic, with effete senators stabbing each other in the back when they were not busy in orgies,…
In Defense of the Electoral College
By National Review Senator Elizabeth Warren has joined a growing chorus within the Democratic party in calling for the abolition of the Electoral College. Speaking at a forum in Mississippi…
Without The Electoral College, We’d Be More Likely To Have A Dictator
by Joel Goodman • The Federalist Some disparage the Founding Fathers’ distrust of the population. They constructed a representative republic rather than a pure democracy, even in a time when…
The Electoral College Didn’t Steal The Election For Trump
The presidential electors have a constitutional duty to vote for the person best-suited to be president, regardless of whether that person is Donald Trump. By James Heaney • The Federalist On…
Don’t Listen To The Mob. Long Live The Electoral College!
Diffused democracy weakens centralized power. This is why Democrats hate it. By David Harsanyi • The Federalist This week, anti-Trump protesters hit the streets in big cities around the…
The Electoral College — The Last Round
by Gordon S. Jones My last column on the Electoral College prompted a number of thoughtful responses, so I would like to deal with those, and then make some…
Electoral College Reform – Again!
by Gordon S. Jones Regular as clockwork, every four years, we get calls for scrapping that archaic relic of the 18th century, the Electoral College. An institution unique to the…