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Last time I had a conversation with a USA-ian about the electoral college system they mumbled something about it being in the constitution and therefore it couldn't be amended (yes, they even used the word "amended"). I didn't bother continuing the argument at this point.
(Not having a pot shot at USA-ians in particular, this country has its fair share of idiots.)
Greenbank
Wasn't the whole point of the electoral college to disenfranchise freed slaves from voting en masse in the south?
I don't understand why they don't just do the popular vote now.