The Electoral College Coup Is Coming
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The Undemocratic Electoral College
The Constitution doesn't say that electors have to vote for anyone in particular. The Electoral College makes it so that it can be incredibly effective, right? And swing states where voting margins can be in the tens of thousands, disenfranchising fairly small portions of the population can swing the entire state in one direction or the other. It also makes certain undemocratic practices and tactics like voter suppression much simpler. So even when it's being used correctly, quote unquote, the Electoral College is only nominally democratic and is easily abused by bad faith actors.
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