I want to talk to you about the Electoral College and why it matters.

All right, I know this doesn't sound like the most sensational topic of the day, but

stay with me because I promise you it's one of the most important.

To explain why requires a very brief civics review.

The President and Vice President of the United States are not chosen by a nationwide popular

vote of the American people.

Rather, they are chosen by 538 electors.

This process is spelled out in the United States Constitution.

Why did the founders just make it easy and let the presidential candidate with the most

votes claim victory?

Why did they create and why do we continue to need this Electoral College?

The answer is critical to understanding not only the Electoral College, but also America.

The founders had no intention of creating a pure majority rule democracy.

They knew from careful study of history what most have forgotten today or never learned.

Pure democracies do not work.

They implode.

Democracy has been colorfully described as two wolves in a lamb voting on what's for dinner.

In a pure democracy, fair majorities can easily tyrannize the rest of the country.

The founders wanted to avoid this at all costs.

This is why we have three branches of government.

Executive, legislative, and judicial.

It's why each state has two senators, no matter what its population, but also different

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