Failed pundit E.J. Dionne says the Electoral College should vote for someone other than Trump:
The costs of breaking with 188 years of tradition would be very high. Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist 68 explaining the electoral college is widely cited by those who want electors to stage an anti-Trump revolt. But we shouldn’t pretend that the electoral college as described by Hamilton bears any resemblance to the system we have used since the 1828 election, when statewide election of its members became almost universal.E. J. Dionne may think he's slick bringing up Federalist 68 but that had little influence on ratifying the Constitution . Only newspaper readers in the New York read Federalist 68. According to Professor Kevin Gutzman page 38
Yet defenders of the electoral college cannot claim that following the state results is an explicit “constitutional” obligation.
Did The Federalist at least provide the necessary boost for New York to ratify the Constitution?The Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788 before all the Federal Papers had been published. Question to E.J Dionne if the Federalist 68 didn't influence the ratifying of the Constitution why should it "influence" the Electoral College? E.J. Dionne, Obama's kind of pundit.
Actually , no. When New York 's convention met in Poughkeepsie in late 1788, ten states had already ratified.
