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Click to view: “Why Do We Have the Electoral College? Should We?<\/a>”<\/p>\n

This lecture is provided by the\u00a0Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ken Kollman, Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor and professor of political science at the University of Michigan, will provide a historical and analytical analysis of the Electoral College, an institution that was created through the U.S. Constitution. He will review the origins of this curious institution and will discuss the pros and cons of its continued use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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