The Electoral College: What Is It Good For?

<p>You already know that the Electoral College lets candidates win the presidency while losing the popular vote (Donald Trump in 2016 springs to mind). But you might *not* know about the long history of failed attempts to reform or eliminate the institution — or how little guidance the Electoral College actually would actually provide in a close, hotly contested election like the one we’re currently having.</p> <p>Spend a half hour with this Scrum, though — in which Peter Kadzis chats with Harvard’s Alex Keyssar, author of the new book “<a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674660151" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Do We Still Have The Electoral College?</a>” — and you’ll gain that knowledge and more. (Warning: you may also be significantly more anxious about what the coming weeks may bring.)</p>