Five Common Misconceptions About the Electoral College

[libertybele]

Five Common Misconceptions About the Electoral College

Mistake Number 1: Many supporters of the Electoral College assume that the debate about presidential selection at the Constitutional Convention, like the debate today, focused on whether the president should be chosen by the Electoral College or by a nationwide popular vote. ............

Mistake Number 2: Another common belief is that the convention rejected popular election of the president because the delegates feared majority tyranny. People make this claim as though to say that because the Framers were skittish of a national popular election, so should we be today..............

Mistake Number 3: Similarly, some defenders of the Electoral College have argued that the delegates who favored the Electoral College opposed popular election of the president..............

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/five-common-misconceptions-about-electoral-college/602596/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=yahoo-non-hosted&yptr=yahoo

[Cyber Liberty]

What a crock.  Several thousand words of utter bullshit, but what else can one expect of The Atlantic?

[Wingnut]

What a crock.  Several thousand words of utter bullshit, but what else can one expect of The Atlantic?

Then and the VOX.  Blubbering lib-idiotry personified.