Why Do We Still Have The Electoral College?
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Ralph welcomes Harvard history professor, Alex Keyssar, scholar of voting rights and author of “Why Do We Still Have The Electoral College?” to discuss the battle over the Electoral College and the role white supremacy played in conceiving and perpetuating it. Then, we welcome back Steve Silberstein, board member of “National Popular Vote,” to update us on the progress that movement is making on the interstate compact where states would promise to give their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Ralph Nader radio hour. |
| 0:05.3 | Stand up, stand up, you've been sitting way too long. |
| 0:13.9 | Welcome to the Ralph Nader radio hour. |
| 0:15.5 | My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host, David Feldman. |
| 0:18.4 | Hello, David. |
| 0:19.2 | Hello. |
| 0:20.0 | Great show today. |
| 0:21.4 | It's going to be a fantastic show and joining us as always |
| 0:24.9 | is the man of the hour, Ralph Nader. |
| 0:26.3 | Hello, Ralph. |
| 0:27.4 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:28.9 | And on this program, you know, we have spoken about and decried |
| 0:33.2 | that peculiar institution written into the United States |
| 0:36.6 | Constitution, known as the Electoral College. |
| 0:39.0 | Actually, it's not in the Constitution. |
| 0:40.5 | It was at the Constitution Convention. |
| 0:42.8 | Listen to this program. |
| 0:43.7 | We're familiar with arguments against. |
| 0:45.7 | Both of our guests will be tackling this subject with us. |
| 0:49.2 | First up is Professor Alex Casar, whose latest book |
| 0:52.2 | asks the simple question. |
| 0:53.8 | His book is entitled, why do we still have the Electoral College? |
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