re: #57 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I’ve forgotten my history regarding the EC, but IIRC it boiled down to giving the states a say in the election, rather than giving voters free rein. It’s similar to the Senate balancing the House of Representatives, so that the least populated states don’t get trampled by the big guys. It serves as a brake on rampant populism (mob rule) but unfortunately has allowed the losing candidate (according to the will of the people) to win the presidency several times now.

Around here, that rampant populism is considered liberals in New York, Massachusetts, and California.