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The argument that rural America will get plenty of attention if NPV is in effect is simply nonsense.

Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact have long targeted Arizona in hopes of adding its eleven electoral votes to their unconstitutional compact scheme.

Under NPV, we’d likely have another three or four weeks of waiting, with all the chaos and confusion that would bring. That doesn’t seem healthy for our democracy.

Tomorrow, Americans will vote for their state’s presidential electors. This is the first step in the two-part democratic election process set forth in the Constitution for choosing the president and …

This is the fifth and final post in our series about some of the benefits of the Electoral College.

Perhaps the greatest benefit of our state-by-state election process is the powerful incentive it creates against regionalism. This is always true, but easiest to see in the late 19th century.

The nationwide popular vote margin in 1880 was less than 10,000 votes, or just about .1 percent. Neither candidate had a majority, which is often the case in close presidential elections.

One consequence of the Electoral College is a practical respect for states, both their boundaries and their legislatures.

It is easy to forget that when we vote “for president,” we really vote for electors pledged to support the candidate we favor.