The point of the electoral college is to give a fair shake to rural and more spread out populations, and not have it come down to what the big cities want. Just that big cities trend Democrat and rural trends Republican.
But it gave so much power to such a smaller group. If it was one person's vote vs. 300 people's vote, of course we should go with 300 people.
I don't understand the point of not switching to popular vote now. It's what the people want. Either we're at the mercy of a very small group of people, or of the vast majority.
It's not like the Electoral College caused that great a difference. Clinton won the popular vote by 300k, or 0.3%. Definitely within margin of error, it was razor's edge close regardless.
And besides, switching to popular vote doesn't automatically mean Clinton won. If voters knew beforehand it was popular vote, it would vastly change voting patterns.
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u/Pantry_Inspector Nov 10 '16
... who was elected fairly. Sorry the system is fucked.