Electoral College Lecture Summary
Hello everyone! Once again, I come to you with a summary post of a lecture because I am in need of a GB Favor. Today's summary is based on a lecture on the Electoral College, brought to you through me by Michael Maibach. Mr. Maibach is a former Vice President of Intel Corporation, along other accolades, and possesses lots of background experience in the economic and political realm. He examined some of the history of America's founding, explained the problem the electoral college attempts to solve, and demonstrated how it does solve it. Here is a brief overview. The founding fathers tried to create a Rome that worked, one without the flaws of the original. One of the biggest inspirations for their government model was John Locke's Second Treatise on Government . From this they drew the conclusion that the people should be the supreme source of authority in government, that there was no “divine right of kings”, and that men have “natural rights”. Another big inspiration f...