"What if one thing you modified brought on unintended penalties you by no means imagined?" Safeguard: An Electoral Faculty Story asks that query about presidential elections. How does the system actually work? And what would occur if we modified the principles? Alexander Hamilton and James Madison labored to create and defend the Electoral Faculty system within the U.S. Structure. The method is democratic-but it really works in phases, and thru the states. This design forces candidates to achieve out throughout the nation fairly than specializing in only one area or group of inhabitants facilities. And it retains presidents from controlling elections-including their very own reelections. Writer and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, Princeton historian Allen Guelzo, and a bunch of consultants clarify why we actually have the Electoral Faculty, what it does, and what may occur if we removed it.
