The scripture verse that does come to mind for me, again, there's nothing that would say chapter and verse,

here's how you hold an election, here's how an elected official should be chosen for each specific office.

But I think that the Bible verse that comes to mind is how good and pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity.

And so when we have a national unifying institution like the electoral college, it says every voice is going to matter, then we have a tendency to elect presidents or at least understand they have to appeal to our people everywhere.

Outstanding is a production of The Washington Stand, where you can find news and commentary from a

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and the ideas that shape us. Once again, I'm your host, it's Joseph Bach.

Welcoming you to another exercise and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

And today, we are going to consider whether

there is a biblical way to conduct an election. Specifically, is there a Christian

perspective on the Electoral College? Now, most of us know that the Electoral College is controversial.

It's a unique system where voters don't directly elect

the president. Instead, they cast ballots for a slate of electors who then vote on behalf of the voters.

Most states have a winner-take-all rule, which means the candidate with the majority votes in the state receives

all of the electoral votes.

There are two exceptions.

Maine and Nebraska.

They use a proportional system, awarding electors based on congressional district results as well

as statewide votes.

Now, the result of all of this is that there have been two presidents

in the last two decades who were elected president, though not receiving most votes in the

United States or president. That was George W. Bush in 2000 and also Donald Trump in 2016.

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