As we celebrate America at 250, there is a part of our founding in the Constitution (Article II, Section 1, Clause 2), about which some on the left gnash their teeth — the Electoral College.

For example, a few days ago, a former Biden administration official asked publicly, “What if we selected our President by letting the person who got the most votes take the office, instead of the Electoral College?”

Townhall.com reported on this incident: “Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is being mocked across the internet after he suggested at a town hall event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that abolishing the Electoral College would have resulted in a Democrat in the White House. Many critics were quick to point out that in the 2024 election, Donald Trump won not only the Electoral College but also the popular vote in a landslide.”

Meanwhile, many blue states, including just recently Virginia, have signed on to a compact to try and effectively nullify the Electoral College.

What is the Electoral College, and why does the Left hate it so? 

It has to do with how “we the people” vote for the president. Many today see the Electoral College as an out-of-date relic. They want to abolish it and have it replaced with the popular vote. Defenders of the Constitution instead say that the Electoral College was a brilliant move by the Founding Fathers to........

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