The Electoral College vs the Democratic Vote: Is the EC Obsolete?
From the Center
English - November 23, 2019 21:06 - 1 hour - 70.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsSociety & Culture Arts Performing Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
There have been only a few elections in US history in which a presidential candidate won the election without winning the popular vote. The 2016 election was one of those times, and that, combined with the 2020 election coming up, has reignited the debate about the significance of the Electoral College. Does it fairly represent the country? If not, how could it be bettered? If so, how does it answer the accusation that it grants more weight to one man's vote than another's? Hodges and Vowell dig into the "steel man" arguments on both sides, and compare the EC with the Bill of Rights.
Hodges recommends Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane mysteries (complete with accents): Strong Poison, Have His Carcass, Gaudy Night, and Busman's Honeymoon.
Vowell recommends CGP Grey's video "The Trouble with the Electoral College" as an intelligent anti-EC argument.