Are we not a Republic? And the Electoral College was put specifically into place so as to avoid devolving us into a Democracy?
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The Electoral College was put into place to avoid the USA devolving from a non-monarchy to a country ruled by its people?
> The Electoral College was put into place to avoid the USA devolving from a non-monarchy to a country ruled by its people?
The US at the time was a slaveowning nation for which voting rights could only be held by white, male, landowning gentry... so yes.
Beyond that, the author has completely missed that the electoral college protects us from things like the five most populous counties in America selecting our President for us and limits the effects of massive voter fraud. cough Illinois cough
> the five most populous counties in America selecting our President for us
The 5 most populous counties have less than 10% of the US population.
Moreover, I have yet to see a good reason it makes sense to prefer tyranny of a minority to tyranny of the majority, where we can't avoid both.
> limits the effects of massive voter fraud
This is an important point that's not often discussed, IME