BMX Bandit said:
"Electoral college" is a relic that in no way matches what founders envisioned.
Win the most votes in Texas? You get 40 votes. No need for the middle step of electors getting together to "vote".
Wouid require an amendment, so won't happen but makes much more sense.
Say what?
The electoral college is, word for word, exactly what the Founders intended. Because the States choose the president and they set it up where even small states have sway in the election.
They knew that any sort of popular vote would devolve into chaos, because history shows that pure democracy cannot be effectively implemented.
They also knew that some states would have much higher populations than others and that what was important in New York wouldnt be important in South Carolina and created a system that ensured that a handful of states could not essentially run the entire country.