How Germany’s electoral college was set up to prevent another Hitler

When the U.S. electoral college meets on Monday, many of its members will have experienced weeks of rising pressure to select someone other than Donald Trump. The role of the electors has been the focus of controversies for years, with some arguing that they are unnecessary and that the difference between the public vote and the composition of […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/19/how-germanys-electoral-college-was-set-up-to-prevent-another-hitler/