In this discussion Joshua B. Kaplan discusses the Electoral college and potential reforms to this seemingly broken system. He boils it down to essentially two different cases if we would like to reform the institution. He says it is “the devil we know” or something with seen and unforeseen consequences that would completely change how a president is elected for better or for worse. He then for the majority of the talk talks about potential reforms and discusses the known consequences and the questions each proposed reform asks about future elections.
In regards to leadership the electoral college is an interesting factor in how we chose leaders and subsequently view our own power as leaders within the community. the most interesting thing Dr. Kaplan discussed to me was the popular vote system, it never occured to me that politicians would literally just hit up 5 or 6 states no matter their political affiliation. I just always assumed that the campaign system would always remain the same.
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