Walter Bagehot: “It is, what Washington and Hamilton strove to create, an electoral…”

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It is, what Washington and Hamilton strove to create, an electoral college of the picked men of the nation.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot reflects on the intention behind the creation of the electoral college in the United States.

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Walter Bagehot: “It is, what Washington and Hamilton strove to create, an electoral college of the picked men of the nation.”