If there is such an element on the American left, it’s a very tiny and quiet one – much smaller than the size of the alt-right. Critiquing the historic racism and sexism and economic classism in that evolving document is not the same thing as suggesting that democracy as a general concept be thrown out the window because it’s supposedly incompatible with capitalism (Peter Thiel’s sentiment, echoed far too often by his capital-L Libertarian fanbois).
Let me guess: longtime Reason magazine reader?
The Electoral College is not a sine qua non to our democratic republic, but an artefact with a decidedly mixed heritage and with some deep and fundamental flaws that need reform at the very least in 21st century. Same goes for the Senate. Reforms to both institutions of American governance could be made without violating the Constitution.
