The purpose of the Electoral College vote was to keep a few larger states from dominating the rest of them.The founding fathers didn't trust a pure democracy. They knew that the people could be persuaded to accept *goodies* for their freedoms.
From: "jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 1:40 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Hillary Clinton's Popularity Vote Increases to 1.5 Million Over Trump But the Constitution declares Trump as the winner. The Founding Fathers probably designed the Constitution this way to allow the voters to heal the differences after the election and move on to running the government for the next four years. In retrospect, after a contentious election, the wisdom of the Founding Fathers has been shown once again in writing the Constitution this way. Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Over Donald Trump Now Exceeds 1.5 Million Votes | | | | | | Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Over Donald Trum... 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