The Electoral College, which was first created in 1787 by the Founding Fathers, was created as a compromise between picking a president through the popular vote or through Congress. It's meant to ...

The manner of electing the President was one of the most contentious issues at the Constitutional Convention held in 1787 ... That system, the Electoral College, balances the competing interests ...

Electoral College… Alright, so we’re not actually ... The system was established way back in 1787 as part of the US Constitution, during something called The Constitutional Convention.

With reference to your companion pieces on the Electoral College (Dec. 5), Walt Thode asks “What Good is the Electoral College?” Rep. Raul Labrador describes its place at the time of the ...

At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, delegates had expressed concern ... problem was how to structure the voting within the Electoral College. During the debates at the Constitutional ...