was it?
can you show me proof that it was designed so that "a minority of voters could determine the direction of the country"
I assume of course that you're merely referring to the electors as "the minority of voters"
BTW - you seem to have missed the point of my original post
Even though Trump won the election he does not have a popular mandate.
Howard's premise is that "The liberal left simply refuses to believe a sizeable number of Americans REALLY agree with Trump."
And my statement is the the right refuses to believe that an even larger number of American REALLY DISAGREE with Trump
This is an undeniable fact.
The electoral college only determines the outcome of the election. It doesn't negate the fact that more people in this country are against Trump than are for Trump
The one thing I found on the purpose of the electoral college seems to indicate that one of it's main purposes was to prevent foreign powers from corrupting our election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._68#Hamilton.27s_understanding_of_the_Electoral_College
It was.
Historically, in 1776, only white men who owned property were allowed to vote.
That is simply the reality of it.
I don't think it's complicated. It's just factual.
Correct.
Also, Clinton's entire popular vote spread is accounted for in California. I don't want California (or a handful of states) dictating what happens to the entire country.
And there was no popular vote contest, so in reality neither candidate "win" or "loses" the popular vote. If there was a true popular vote contest, the parties would spent all of their time campaigning in a handful of states (California, New York, Texas, and Florida).
It is a double edged sword... While I agree that no state should have such power as to dictate the entire direction of the country, at times, some states seem to be under represented and others over represented. That said, it's probably good for the country as a whole.
If you believe in Freedom, which I think most of us do, then you must realize that it's not only bad for one group of people to dictate the direction as a whole, but it's irresponsible. That is akin to a plutocracy and just isn't what this nation is founded on.
Ultimately, everyone knew the rules and by the rules, Trump won the election.
Now. Should someone want to talk about the "population" disagreeing with Trump, well that's something entirely different than whether or not the electoral college worked as designed.
It did.
Straw said something about a "problem with the electoral college system" and my stance is that there is no problem with it... It worked exactly as designed. That was my only point really.
If we want to talk about the "popular mandate" of Trump, that's fine, but I was just talking about the Electoral College and how there is absolutely no "problem" with it.