I believe that the electoral college actually helps suppress votes. One might just give up if their state constantly votes against them in the Presidential election. Your vote doesn't count if your state goes against you. They always say your vote counts but it really doesn't if your state is very red or blue. That is the main reason why I don't vote besides the fact that I don't really like the two major parties. I would like to see USA throw out the electoral college and go straight to popular vote. That would please me a lot.
Our system was never meant to give too much power to the people. I believe only white land owners were allowed to vote at first. Then we messed things up by giving women the right to vote and caused a decade or so of gangster paradise with prohibition.
In the electoral college your vote casts a vote for a representative that casts a vote later. Supposedly they could override the people of the state and vote for someone else but they usually always vote for who the majority of the people voted for. Look what happens when the electoral goes against the people. We get someone like Bush.
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