Originally Posted by Senator Hatrack
Originally Posted by logtroll
Originally Posted by Senator Hatrack
I strongly believe that the Electoral College is one of the things that makes our Constitution the greatest political/legal document ever written.
Do you have an example of how the electoral college has produced a superior (above average at least) leader for the United States? How about any tangible benefit?
The purpose of the Electoral College is not to produce superior leaders. That is the responsibility of the American voters. It's purpose to balance the power of states with small populations against those with large populations.
let me put this succinctly: You're wrong. I'll put it another way: you're wrong. To be fair... well, you're still wrong.

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The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
What is the Electoral College? (US archives).
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The original purpose of the Electoral College was to reconcile differing state and federal interests, provide a degree of popular participation in the election, give the less populous states some additional leverage in the process by providing “senatorial” electors, preserve the presidency as independent of Congress and generally insulate the election process from political manipulation.
Electoral College (History.com). (Emphasis mine).

By elevating a minor consideration to the principle purpose of the EC, you are distorting the actual history and substance of the compromise.