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"What if a move you made resulted in unforeseen repercussions you never anticipated?" Safeguard: That is the question posed in An Electoral College Story regarding presidential elections. What is the system's true mechanism of operation? And what would happen if the rules were altered? Alexander Hamilton and James Madison labored to establish and defend the United States Constitution's Electoral College system. The process is democratic—but it takes place in stages and is mediated by the states. Candidates are compelled to reach out across the country rather than concentrating their efforts on a single region or cluster of population centers by this arrangement. Additionally, it prevents presidents from exercising control over elections—including their own reelections. Steve Forbes, publisher and past presidential candidate, Princeton historian Allen Guelzo, and a panel of experts discuss why the Electoral College exists, what it does, and what might happen if it were abolished.