Project Description

The value of the electoral college has become an issue of public debate after multiple presidents in the past 20 years have been elected by the college despite losing the national popular vote. Reformation of the electoral college has become a campaign issue for some as we approach the 2020 presidential election. Join Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, and Dr. Allen C. Guelzo, Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities and Director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship in the James Madison Program at Princeton University, as they discuss the origins of the electoral college and debate whether it should be reformed.