A woman holds an electoral map as results in the presidential election come in Nov. 8, 2016, at Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's scheduled victory party at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Electoral College is under threat and the left is closer than it ever has been in getting rid of it. This was the topic of an event Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, where speakers explained why the Electoral College is so important, how it has been a bulwark of a free society, and the increasing danger it faces from those who want to abolish it.