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Originally posted by Beestie
What's wrong with the electoral college? It was designed by the founding fathers to keep big states from eating little states and it seems to be filling the charter.
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No, that was the Senate. The electoral college was to keep the riff raff from eating the gentry. They couldn't be assured of controlling the popular vote but controlling the EC was relatively easy. They only had to make sure their own kind, were the electors sent, no matter who won the vote.