Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind

so that you may be able to prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12.

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America's founding fathers would more than likely be surprised by the current

controversy over the electoral college provisions of the Constitution.

Indeed, it was one of the According to Alexander Hamilton writing in the Federalist Papers,

the mode of appointment of the Chief Magistrate of the United States

is almost the only part of the system of any consequence,

which has escaped severe censure or which has received

the slightest mark of approbation from its opponents. Although it was evident during the election of 1800 that the

system needed to be fine-tuned, once the 12th Amendment was passed, the structure of the Electoral College was not a matter of serious debate for more than a century,

during which the nation suffered through the traumas of the fiercely contested elections of 1824, 1876, and

1888, to say nothing of the bitter strife of the war between the states.

But then the elections of two thousand and twenty-16

thrust the issue before the American people like never before.

Vice President Al Gore won a slim plurality of the popular vote.

Nevertheless, Governor George Bush secured a slight advantage in the

Electoral College by winning two-thirds of the states and thus winning the presidency in the year 2000.

Similarly, in 2016, Donald Trump was swept to victory winning 30 of the 50 states and thus the largest share of

electoral votes despite trailing Hillary Clinton in the urban population centers, he too gained the presidency

without winning the popular vote. As a result, outraged calls for the abolition of the

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