What if something you changed caused unintended consequences you never imagined Safeguard An Electoral College Story asks that question about presidential elections How does the system really work And what would happen if we changed the rules Alexander Hamilton and James Madison worked to create and defend the Electoral College system in the US Constitution The process is democraticbut it works in stages and through the states This design forces candidates to reach out across the country rather than focusing on just one region or group of population centers And it keeps presidents from controlling electionsincluding their own reelections Publisher and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes Princeton historian Allen Guelzo and a host of experts explain why we really have the Electoral College what it does and what could happen if we got rid of it
