Less than two months before the presidential election, a new documentary on the Electoral College features the expertise of the director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville.
Gary Gregg is featured in 鈥,鈥 a documentary film currently available on Amazon Prime.
Gregg is a recognized national expert on the Electoral College and editor of 鈥.鈥 He has debated the institution to elect the president and vice president of the United States on national television and radio networks including MSNBC, Fox News, NPR and Al Jazeera. He also has written dozens of op-ed pieces on the Electoral College and been regularly quoted in news media.
Gregg said the system of electors is one of the least understood 鈥 but most impactful 鈥攅lements of the U.S. Constitution.
鈥淲e think of ourselves as one of the world鈥檚 foremost 鈥榙emocracies鈥 and have come to equate that with simple majority will. In reality, we have a democratic republic with particular constitutional math that controls our elections,鈥 he said.
鈥淭his constitutional system ensures the founders鈥 wish to give us a democratic republic wherein the power of the presidency wasn鈥檛 given to the winner of simple popular majority but to the candidate who could put together a geographically diverse coalition. That difference has shaped American political life for more than 200 years.鈥
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