There are still a lot of people calling for the Electoral college to be removed because their candidate did not win, although they won the popular vote. The electoral college was put in place for a reason, it was put in place to protect this country from pure democracy. The United States is NOT a democracy, no matter who says what, it is a constitutional republic. If this country was a democracy, then the majority would always win, and the minority would always lose. Rosa parks would still be at the back of the bus in a democracy.

The electoral college protects all the rest of the states, allowing them to have a voice in the election. If popular vote alone was the deciding factor, then the president would be selected by the results of maybe 3 or 4 states. This is like saying that the team that wins the superbowl is not decided by how many points they score, but by how many fans show up. Who in their right mind would want the results of that to be decided by how popular one single team was?




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