Expert Breaks down for AOC Why We Have the Electoral College

New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently trashed the electoral college on her Instagram Live, saying that the system used to determine the president of the United States every four years is racist and disproportionately advantageous for white people. Tara Ross, author of Regnery’s The Indispensable Electoral College: How the Founders’ Plan Saves Our Country from Mob Rule, broke down for Townhall just why AOC is so misinformed. . .

Ross told Townhall that AOC fundamentally misunderstands the purpose of the electoral college and fails to see why it is necessary. . .

“‘Take away the electoral college,’ Mr. Jordan wrote at the time, ‘and the importance of that black vote melts away. Blacks, instead of being crucial to victory in major states, simply become ten percent of the total electorate, with reduced impact,'” the retired attorney told me. . .

“Americans would be better served to remember the real history of the Electoral College: The institution was created because the Founders knew the dangers of simple democracies. Two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner is not just. Instead, the Founders created a system of checks and balances, including our Electoral College,” Ross said. . .

“The purpose of our state-by-state presidential election process is simply to ensure that voters from a variety or regions, states, and subcultures are taken into account at election time,” Ross said. “The truth is that the Electoral College helps all Americans, no matter their skin color. It does this by rewarding presidential candidates who do the best job of taking into account the needs of a wide variety of voters.” (Read more from “Expert Breaks down for AOC Why We Have the Electoral College” HERE)

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