We are trying something new! Welcome to our first ever Policy Debate! Today we talk the Electoral College, pros, cons and alternatives. Enjoy!

Sources:

Electoral College Alternatives:

Electoral College Alternatives and US Presidential Elections - Vincy Fon

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/scer.12.3655317

The Future is Faction - Steven M. Teles & Robert P. Saldin

https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-future-is-faction

The Politics Industry - Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter

https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Industry-Political-Innovation-Democracy/dp/1633699234

History of the electoral college

https://www.history.com/news/electoral-college-founding-fathers-constitutional-convention

Faithless elector statistics

https://ballotpedia.org/Electoral_College

Taegan Goddard’s electoral college vote map: “What If All States

Split Their Electoral Votes?”

https://electoralvotemap.com/what-if-all-states-split-their-electoral-votes-like-maine-and-nebraska/

Gallup poll: “American’s Split on Proposals for Popular Vote”

https://news.gallup.com/poll/257594/americans-split-proposals-popular-vote.aspx

Gallup poll: “Quarterly Gap in Party Affiliation Largest Since 2012”

https://news.gallup.com/poll/343976/quarterly-gap-party-affiliation-largest-2012.aspx

Article on the 5 times candidates won the popular vote, but lost the electoral college

https://www.potus.com/presidential-facts/lost-popular-vote/