The Founding Fathers feared two things above all else: a democracy and an overly powerful executive. The Electoral College was designed to prevent both.
Without the Electoral College a presidential candidate would merely have to win a big majority of the population in the five or six of the most populace states to carry the election – say California, New York, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. As it is, Democrats hold a decisive advantage in the Electoral College math because they advocate for socialism, minorities love socialism, and minorities tend to congregate in the urban areas.
As a result, Democrats can win only about 20-30 percent of the counties of the America and still win the election, even with the Electoral College. Look at the map* below. It shows the counties won by Hillary Clinton (blue) and Donald Trump (red).
Had Clinton been elected a vast majority of Middle America would have been on the losing end of the election
Here is a map showing how easy it would be to win U.S. Elections without the Electorial Collage. As of 2016.
As you can see, the people in four states would decide who the election and the candidates would only have to campaign in these states.
The number of Counties in the U.S. won by Clinton vs Trump, yet Clinton won the majority of the popular vote.
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