Civics & Econ 101

Unfortunately a number of our elected officials did not take, or did not pay attention in, an eighth (8th) grade civic class. This county is a “democratic republic”, not a pure democracy. The Electoral College is based on the number in the House of Representatives (435), the number of Senators (100) and three (3) for Washington, D.C. – 538. Some politicians want to do away with the Electoral College (it’s usually when their party lost). Do they want to do away with the United States Sena