In the second class in our series about how the electoral college works, host Cristina Quinn talks to historian Alex Keyssar about the compromises that drove the Founding Fathers to land on a complex, winner-takes-all system rather than a straightforward popular vote.
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Hey, I'm Christina Quinn.
Welcome back to try this from the Washington Post.
This is the second of three classes in our course about how the electoral college works, upping our game as engaged citizens in this election year.
In our first class, we covered the basics about the electoral college, what it is and how it works.
In this second class, were going to do a little time travel to better understand why we have the electoral college in the first place.
Alright, classes in session.
Lets try this.
One of the biggest takeaways I now have is that Americans have been raising their eyebrows about the electoral college from the very beginning.
As in the very beginning of this nation.
In some ways, the electoral college was kind of an acceptable second or third choice to people.
Nobody really thought it was a great idea.
This is Alex Keyzar.
He literally wrote the book on the electoral college.
Actually, hes written a bunch of history books, including the right to vote, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history.