Dr. James Howard of Howard<p>The Electoral College was crafted to limit democracy, protect slaveholding power, and insulate elites from voters. In my latest post, I unpack how it came to be, what the framers feared, and why its logic never really made sense for a free society. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectoralCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralCollege</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a></p><p>📚 Read now: <a href="https://jameshoward.us/2025/05/26/the-electoral-college-was-designed-to-disenfranchise" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jameshoward.us/2025/05/26/the-</span><span class="invisible">electoral-college-was-designed-to-disenfranchise</span></a></p>