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                     Why does the Electoral College exist?
                                        
The Electoral College [1] in the U.S. is a controversial aspect of electing
the President, but not many people understand why it was done. That's why I
find “Why does the Electoral College exist? [2]” video so good—it goes into
the history of why the Founding Fathers picked such a convoluted scheme to
elect the President (and I did not know that direct election by the
population was on the table). It basically comes down to the Founding Fathers
distruct in direct democracy and the fear of large population states running
roughshod over less populated states. Also, while democratic institutions
have been around for a about two thousand years, it had never been done at a
country level (cities, yes. Countries, not so much). As such, the Founding
Fathers were treading into uncharted territory and given what they knew at
the time, I don't think they did all that bad.

It's worth the watch.

Heck, the entire Premodernist channel [3] is worth watching.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYhbcNqDvU
[3] https://www.youtube.com/@premodernist_history/videos

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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