Costs and Benefits of the Electoral College | Cato Daily Podcast

November 3, 2020

Costs and Benefits of the Electoral College

Featuring John Samples and Caleb O. Brown

Some people claim the Electoral College, the method by which Americans choose a President, has racist origins, that it protects rural states at the expense of big cities, and that the institution should be replaced by a national popular vote. John Samples discusses the claims.

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