Abstract

This article examines the United States Electoral College through historical, legal and comparative lenses, combining constitutional analysis with political context to assess its functions and controversies. The author traces the College’s origins at the Founding, situates it within American federalism as a mechanism that allocates states a formal role in presidential selection, and explains how it reflects the Founders’ intent to temper raw majoritarian impulses. The study addresses recurring fairness concerns – most notably after the 2000 and 2016 elections, when the candidates who won the national popular vote nonetheless lost the presidency – and assesses the institution’s resilience during periods of political turbulence. Presented in Georgian for the first time, the article offers a concise primer for scholars of electoral law and public policy and calls for a deeper study of this distinctive mechanism.