Majority rule.

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Originally Posted by regular.joe

I'm not lobbying for the elimination of the electoral college. I don' think the average joe really knows how the president is elected in our country.

I think that was probably true pre-2000, before Florida and the hanging chads. I don't think it's true today. I bet I could head down to the mall and get a moderately accurate explanation of the electoral college system from 7 out of 10 random people.