CATO Institute

Costs and Benefits of the Electoral College

  • Podcast
  • 25 min
  • 10/9/2020
Leans Right Bias
View ContentCosts and Benefits of the Electoral College

This video features John Samples and Caleb O. Brown. Some people claim the Electoral College has racist origins, protects rural states at the expense of big cities, and that the U.S. should use a national popular vote instead. John Samples discusses these claims.


Discussion Questions

Would eliminating the Electoral College disadvantage rural states?