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Originally Posted by awareness
The electoral college was suppose to prevent the election of an unstable and crooked president :
"However, once the Electoral College had been decided on, several delegates (Mason, Butler, Morris, Wilson, and Madison) openly recognized its ability to protect the election process from cabal, corruption, intrigue, and faction. Some delegates, including James Wilson and James Madison, preferred popular election of the executive. Madison acknowledged that while a popular vote would be ideal, it would be difficult to get consensus on the proposal given the prevalence of slavery in the South"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...ctoral_College |
The Electoral college has been a complete bust.
Instead, I would argue that our process with SCOTUS is far more effective yet still too political.
We have prerequisites to take college level courses, and we have prerequisites for jobs. Why should president, senator, congressman or governor be any different?