1.0Florida Philosophical Reviewhttps://cah.ucf.edu/fprFlorida Philosophical Reviewhttps://cah.ucf.edu/fprrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zeeZtDQtvz"><a href="https://cah.ucf.edu/fpr/article/the-electoral-college-and-democratic-equality/">The Electoral College and Democratic Equality</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cah.ucf.edu/fpr/article/the-electoral-college-and-democratic-equality/embed/#?secret=zeeZtDQtvz" width="600" height="338" title="“The Electoral College and Democratic Equality” — Florida Philosophical Review" data-secret="zeeZtDQtvz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://cah.ucf.edu/fpr/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Joseph Grcic, Indiana State University The US constitution specifies that the president and vice president of the United States are not to be chosen directly by the people but by what has come to be called the electoral college. The thesis of this essay is that the electoral college should be abolished because it lacks […]