Electoral College

Let’s Keep the Electoral College (Part 2) by Miguel A. Faria, MD

The American Founding Fathers established a Constitutional Republic with a federal system of government—that is, a national government vis-à-vis state governments. This federal system incorporated a series of checks and balances with separation of powers and both direct and indirect legislative representation. Within the conceptual framework, an Electoral College was created, which has served the […]

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Let’s Keep the Electoral College (Part 1) by Miguel A. Faria, MD

The American Founding Fathers established a Constitutional Republic with a federal system of government—that is, a national government vis-à-vis state governments. As noted in previous chapters, this federal system incorporated a series of checks and balances with separation of powers and both direct and indirect legislative representation. Within the conceptual framework, an Electoral College was

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Loving California from a safe distance by Miguel A. Faria, MD

Charles Richardson’s column of February 4 insisting the popular vote count is “a moot point” could have been completely accurate if — and this is a big if — there were not at least 11 heavily liberal Democratic states, including California, trying to undermine the Electoral College and instead making the popular vote supreme in presidential elections.

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The Democrats’ unwarranted partisan assault on the Electoral College by Miguel A. Faria, MD

Update: The assault on the Electoral college continues. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic Socialist from New York’s 14th Congressional District claims the Electoral College is a racist American relic that must be abolished: ” ‘It is well past time we eliminate the Electoral College, a shadow of slavery’s power on America today that undermines our nation

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How the Electoral College kept four California counties from dictating to the entire nation! by Miguel A. Faria, MD

As Ronald Reagan used to say, when repeatedly correcting misstatements, “here we go again!” And yes, I repeatedly hear the United States of America referred to as a democracy by both parroting ignorants as well as those who know or should know better. Just recently a letter to the editor in my local paper argued

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Faria: The Electoral College in the U.S. Constitutional Republic

This summer at least three editorials have appeared in my local, Georgia newspaper, the Macon Telegraph, about how the Electoral College process works and explaining why our Founding Fathers created that system for presidential elections. They were not always accurate. One writer, for example, wrote, “The framers… felt the common, everyday, average, eligible voter was

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