Calls to abandon the Electoral College are increasing.  Is this core part of the American experiment still relevant?

Tara Ross is a historian and author who has written extensively in defense of the Electoral College.  In this episode, we discuss:

+Why our Founding Fathers selected this method to elect our President

+Why the leaders of the Civil Rights movement defended it

+Historical challenges to the Electoral College and their outcomes

+How the Supreme Court and various State Legislatures are influencing it

+How our two party system is bolstered because of the Electoral College