Originally Posted by Senator Hatrack
This is a quote you posted NW.
"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."
I put in italics the part of your quote that supports what I said about the balance between large and small states.
And ignored the most important things: The list of primary purposes, and the specific limitation of the statement that it was "to a degree" - talk about "out of context". Pot, meet kettle.