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Source: MSNBC

11/7/2020

Will the Trump-Biden Election Disaster Finally Convince Us to Scrap the Electoral College?

by Kevin M. Kruse

Abolishing the Electoral College isn't a radical idea. It had bipartisan support in the 1960s as a reform consistent with the Supreme Court's rulings that established "one person, one vote" as the core principle of representation in a constitutional democracy.

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Will the Trump-Biden Election Disaster Finally Convince Us to Scrap the Electoral College?

by Kevin M. Kruse