In section 2, it is argued that the Electoral College introduces into the Presidential election process certain disincentives to vote. These disincentives essentially take the form of reducing the perceived benefits of voting for a Presidential candidate by restricting the power of votes to...

This theoretical note argues that although both gross costs and possible gross benefits from the Electoral College can be identified, they cannot be compared in such a way as to generate a case that the Electoral College yields net benefits to society. In other words, the Electoral College...