That is not entirely true. The Electoral College was setup because the states vote for the President. The President is not an office of the people, but of the states. The people elect Congress. The States elect the President.
Article 4 Guarantees to each state a Republican form of government. Not a democratic form of government. It left it to the states to decide how the electors for the President are chosen. It leaves it to the states to determine how Congress is chosen, with some restrictions. Yes, there have been other times when a President was elected that didn't when the popular vote. In 1824 Andrew Jackson won the popular vote, but John Q Adams became president after a congressional vote because there was not a majority of electoral votes. In 1876 Rutherford B Hayes one by one electoral vote, yet Samuel J Tilden got the majority of the people In 1888 Benjamin Harrison In 200 GW Bush. In most of these cases there was not a majority for any candidate. While some got more than others, they still did not get more than 50% of the vote. > > Its not a matter of saying that Bush didnt' win the electoral vote, he > clearly did - its a matter of whether the electoral college is relevant > and > fair. At the time of the creation of the electoral college it was created > because the "common man" supposedly didn't have the smarts to vote for > himself so he voted for someone smarter than him to do it. I personally > find that notion offensive & outdated and would prefer to see the > president > elected solely on the basis of the public vote. > > Does anyone know if there were any other times a president was elected > without winning the popular vote? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
