Our Best Guesses For What the Frig the Electoral College Is And Does

by Blythe Roberson and Jason Adam Katzenstein

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• Whichever middle schooler is the best at the presidential fitness test, becomes an elector.
• The electors are all on one email chain. They are always trying to coordinate a weekend trip to Beacon, NY. Idaho is always replying all.
• The Electoral College has a softball team and they are always losing to the superdelegates.
• They have an Electoral College sweatshirt. The back has all of their names and the front has their motto: “We Are The Electoral College.”
• The founding fathers were high as hell when they thought of the Electoral College and even the next day they couldn’t really answer questions about it.
• They’ve developed an office culture where they really love grape flavored Canada Dry.
• An estimated 50 electors don’t know they’re electors.
• They have an Arcade Fire cover band.
• Their favorite color is green.
• They have their own dating app, but it’s invite only and no one understand how it works.
• If you’re a member of the Electoral College you get into MOMA for free.
• The meeting of the electors takes place on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December after the presidential election. This one is true!!!
• The Electoral College is selected by the Selectoral College.
• Their parents are proud of them.
• There’s actually no constitutional rule that says a golden retriever cannot be a member of the Electoral College.
• Their holiday party keeps getting moved to a smaller and smaller bar each year and everyone is really riled about it.
• We’re all fucked.

Jason Adam Katzenstein is a New Yorker cartoonist. Blythe Roberson is a contributor to The Onion, ClickHole, and The New Yorker.