Tara Ross has long described a simple democracy as two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.Ross is a retired lawyer who authored the 2019 book “Why we need the Electoral College,” as well as many other books on the topic.In her analogy, the wolves represent the more populated states.
She believes they would tyrannize the lamb, which is symbolic of states with fewer people.Ross said the founding fathers never intended to make a simple democracy.
The wounds of the American Revolution and its causes were very much still top of mind.“They knew something that we’ve forgotten,” Ross said. “Even if they had been given a seat at the table by Parliament, we still would’ve been outvoted by Parliament.”In the two centuries since the.