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Harold Crumpley: If Trump elected, let Electoral College flunk him

Re “GOP hopefuls zero in on Trump” ( Page 8A, Sept. 14): I get it that voters are so fed-up with politicians and politics-as-usual that they are supporting such a clown as Donald Trump. Rand Paul says he won’t let “the disaster that is Trump” become the party’s nominee. Maybe he won’t have a say in it.

Our only hope might be a Constitutional device we have never used, the Electoral College. James Madison argued for the inclusion of the Electoral College in The Federalist Papers. He wondered outloud (in print): What if the people elect a blockhead for president? Not withstanding the fact that we have elected blockheads as presidents in the past, this might be a true test of the Electoral College as a check on the power of the people.

Harold Crumpley, Modesto

This story was originally published September 18, 2015 at 9:04 AM with the headline "Harold Crumpley: If Trump elected, let Electoral College flunk him."

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