Against the Electoral College. It is useful because it lays out all of the common arguments for it as well. Which is helpful for allowing each person to make up their mind about what they think about this institution genuinely speaking. I do a whole week on this americansry few understand the full extent of the process. If you take a course on the american presidency should probably walk away understanding how this process is used to select how our chief executive officer works. Also because of how it structures have elections turns out. Just like how we started our discussion on president ial nominations by talking about the history and processes and a deep dive into the process rules, the rule nominations today. We should start a president ial election the same way by taking on how we select a president. Youre reading for this week was George C Edwards book on why the Electoral College is bad for america. It is in its third edition, after all. In the book, edwards explains how the El