How Has the Electoral College Survived for This Long?

As our revived national conversation on race has made clear, the legacies of slavery and white supremacy run wide and deep in American society and political life. One such legacy — which is particularly noteworthy in a presidential election season — has been the survival and preservation of the Electoral College, an institution that has been under fire for more than 200 years. CONT.

Alexander Keyssar (Harvard), New York Times

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