Is the electoral college democratic? Why or why not?

The electoral college is democratic.

The founding fathers created this system in order to give equivalent representation to smaller states, and ward away the danger of demagogues taking power through manipulating the population. However, many think that the electoral college needs to be abolished due to the not representing the people's will, along with the easy access of information by voters through modern technology.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.