The Electoral College was created for two reasons. First was that the rich were afraid that the poor would vote for a tyrant that could manipulate them into voting for him, because the poor outnumber the rich they use the electoral votes to control this. It could be used as a safety to make sure the "right" candidate would be chosen just in case. Also another reason is that it gave more power to the smaller states because every state gets a minimum of three votes to put in. I do not believe this system is fair because a candidate can win the popular vote but lose the election if they score high enough.
In 2000, Al Gore had won the popular vote against George W. Bush but only had 251 to Bush's 271 electoral votes so he lost the election. This just depicts how unfair the electoral college system is and that the decision of the majority of Americans can be ignored to fit a candidate for the rich.
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