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In keeping with logtroll's admonition to keep the conversation to the Electoral College.

The proof that this form of electing a president is obsolete and should be replaced, comes from the Founding Fathers themselves, specifically The Federalist Papers : No. 68. "The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications."

Back in the founders day, government in general was a plaything of the wealthy. They set things up so that wealthy land and slave holders would be in charge. Wealthy land and slave holders are still in charge.(our Corporate Overlords)

The point I've made before is that the Electoral College gave voters a chance to voice their opinions but the wealthy land and slave holders made the final decision.(their Corporate Overlords)

When the FFs put their heads together there were only a handful of states and the total population was under 4 million. There was a lot they didn't and couldn't foresee, but the genius of the contract they put forth has resonated down the ages. With just a few nips and tucks it has survived intact. Because the boys made it flexible.

The Electoral College has outlived its usefulness.

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