Detractors have absurdly connected the Electoral College to racism and slavery.
The creation of the Electoral College had nothing to do with slavery; it was never even mentioned as part of the slavery debate at the Constitutional Convention.
Linking the Electoral College with slavery is a smear, pure and simple.
Of course, in attacking the Electoral College, CNN chose the path of sheer dishonesty by insinuating that James Madison, a man often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," called the institution "Evil."
Madison didn't call the Electoral College evil, far from it.
He wasn't really talking about the Electoral College at all in this selectively twisted quote; he was talking about a contingency for elections not decided by a majority in the Electoral College.
Alexander Hamilton, who worked with Madison on the Federalist Papers, wrote in Federalist 68 that if the Electoral College wasn't perfect, it was at least excellent.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/23/cnn-smears-electoral-college-lies-about-the-founders/
The creation of the Electoral College had nothing to do with slavery; it was never even mentioned as part of the slavery debate at the Constitutional Convention.
Linking the Electoral College with slavery is a smear, pure and simple.
Of course, in attacking the Electoral College, CNN chose the path of sheer dishonesty by insinuating that James Madison, a man often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," called the institution "Evil."
Madison didn't call the Electoral College evil, far from it.
He wasn't really talking about the Electoral College at all in this selectively twisted quote; he was talking about a contingency for elections not decided by a majority in the Electoral College.
Alexander Hamilton, who worked with Madison on the Federalist Papers, wrote in Federalist 68 that if the Electoral College wasn't perfect, it was at least excellent.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/23/cnn-smears-electoral-college-lies-about-the-founders/
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