Hillary Clinton: US Electoral System Belongs to Slavery Era

Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, has recently characterized the electoral system of the United States as a backward system belonging to the era of slavery. Clinton has specifically called for the elimination of the Electoral College (the indirect mechanism for electing the president) and has argued that the continued reliance on this system, which according to her was designed to benefit slave states, is unjustifiable.

• Hillary Clinton stated that the current U.S. electoral system "belongs to the era of slavery."
• Clinton has expressed her clearest demand for the elimination of the Electoral College.
• According to Clinton, the Electoral College mechanism was structured to protect the interests of slave states.
• Clinton explicitly stated that continued reliance on this "obsolete mechanism" is unjustifiable.. Coverage Difference: Three cited media outlets (ISNA, Akharin Khabar, and Hamshahri newspaper) have published identical text and identical quotations, and there is no difference in the narrative of the story. Additional details or differing analytical angles are not evident among these coverages.