While many Hillary Clinton supporters have attacked the Electoral College as unfair and undemocratic after President Donald Trump’s surprising 2016 election victory, two national security experts have penned a column for Politico Magazine that goes quite a bit farther. In their column, they argue that the Electoral College presents a “national security threat” and should be abolished.
The authors claim that James Madison could not have foreseen the rise of “fake news” and Facebook and that these pose threats to the integrity of our election system that demand re-examination of the role of the Electoral College.
Much of the piece focuses on Russian efforts to purchase Facebook ads and compromise voting systems. These efforts have been relatively well-documented.
The authors’ argument is that the Electoral College makes such efforts to compromise the result of an election easier, because it allows a foreign power to target specific states (like Wisconsin) for maximum impact on a smaller budget. – READ MORE
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