2. As my comment outlines, the electoral college actually does very little to protect minority interests.
3. Further, it has almost never actually worked as the founders intended. They didn’t predict the existence of political parties and expected the electoral college to actually involved real debates and voting within the body itself, not as it works today where they are essentially decided before they attend. The founders intended for the EC to be a filtering step among a multitude of candidates before the final election was decided by the house, voting as state level blocs.
What you’re arguing is post hoc rationalization that doesn’t even fit the facts on the ground.
2. As my comment outlines, the electoral college actually does very little to protect minority interests.
3. Further, it has almost never actually worked as the founders intended. They didn’t predict the existence of political parties and expected the electoral college to actually involved real debates and voting within the body itself, not as it works today where they are essentially decided before they attend. The founders intended for the EC to be a filtering step among a multitude of candidates before the final election was decided by the house, voting as state level blocs.
What you’re arguing is post hoc rationalization that doesn’t even fit the facts on the ground.