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The Electoral College

What is it, why do we have it, and why hasn't it changed? Born from a rushed, fraught, imperfect process, the origins and evolution of the Electoral College might surprise you and make you think differently about not only this upcoming presidential election, but our democracy as a whole.

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The Electoral College

October 15, 202012:01 AM ET

Lawrence Wu

The Electoral College

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