Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., described the Electoral College a “scam” and claimed that it disenfranchises people of color. “The Electoral College has a racial injustice breakdown,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Due to severe racial disparities in certain states, the Electoral College effectively weighs white voters over voters of color, as opposed to

In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN, Hillary Clinton said that it was time to abolish the Electoral College. Of course, she said “it needs to be eliminated,” she lost in 2016 because she lost because she did not get the needed electoral votes. The Electoral College is needed

An op-ed piece in the New York Times by Meagan Day and Bhaskar Sunkara states, “The Byzantine Constitution that [James Madison] helped create serves as the foundation for a system of government that rules over people, rather than an evolving tool for popular self-government.” They go on to write, “As

The Electoral College is the system used to elect a president. Contrary to Democratic National Committee Chairmen, Tom Perez, the Electoral College is in the Constitution. You would think that the head of one of our nation’s political parties would know this. Perez said, “The Electoral College is not a creation of