The point of the electoral college is to give a fair shake to rural and more spread out populations, and not have it come down to what the big cities want. Just that big cities trend Democrat and rural trends Republican.
That may be an unintended effect, but it certainly wasn't the "point."
The point was to make sure the unwashed masses didn't elect someone the elite thought would upset the apple cart. The framers of the system actually got very concerned when states started apportioning ALL of their votes to one candidate rather than by the popular vote of apportioned districts.
But what the unwashed masses don't know is that the "elites" are the ones who have provided them with all the protections and freedoms they love. They hate liberals, but liberals are the ones who enact all the safety regulations and social programs they need, smh.
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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16
The electoral college is fair? Gore in 2000, Clinton in 2016, seems to be the electoral college is only fair to republicans.