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The Electoral College [51min]

The role of the electoral college in presidential elections and how, some say, it should be reformed.Guests: John Fortier, research fellow, American Enterprise Institute; John Anderson, Former member of Congress, one-time candidate for president, chair of the Center for Voting and Democracy, and professor of law at Nova Southeastern University; Jack Rakove, professor, history, American studies, policial science, and law, Stanford University; and Birch Bayh, former Senator, Indiana.
Read entire article at WAMU "The Diane Rehm Show"