18th century Quote by David Remnick

Most people don't understand the Electoral College; they don't know why it exists.

— Tom Golisano

The primary purpose of the Electoral College is to maintain the power of the states and to support the idea that the election is…

— Rush Limbaugh

After immersing myself in the mysteries of the Electoral College for a novel I wrote in the '90s, I came away believing that the…

— Jeff Greenfield

What is the purpose of the electoral college? It has a few purposes. One, it's to restrain pure democracy. Very good, very important, that's…

— Michael J. Knowles

You can't understand the Electoral College unless you know what federalism is, and federalism is one of these terms that, in many cases, means…

— Rush Limbaugh

Part of the elements of the electoral college is creation. Certainly it was created in slave states and them wanting to balance power, but…

— Brandon Victor Dixon

The Electoral College needs to go, because it's made our society less and less democratic.

— Pete Buttigieg

The Electoral College is justified and right.

— Rush Limbaugh

The Electoral College protects state sovereignty. It actually is one of the most brilliantly conceived electoral mechanisms ever.

— Rush Limbaugh

“It is not enough to be electors only. It is necessary to be law-makers; otherwise those who can be law-makers will be the masters…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

— Donald Trump

This is exactly why the Electoral College is set up the way it is, so that one state would not elect the president.

— Rush Limbaugh