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erronis

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1. Thank you for this excellent presentation on the faults of the Electoral College

Reply to panfluteman (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2019, 05:01 PM

Jun 2019

I have a friend from France who years ago tried to tell me that the rest of the world doesn't view the US as a democracy because of this arcane and archaic institution. At that time I think I replied that the EC wasn't really all that important so we shouldn't worry. 2016 showed me how wrong I was.

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The Electoral College: America's Karmic Weak Spot, or Achilles' Heel [View all] panfluteman Jun 2019 OP

Thank you for this excellent presentation on the faults of the Electoral College erronis Jun 2019 #1