RE: RE: RE: RE: Of Dead Trees and Democracy

[knight]

There's a good summary of the early history of the Electoral College and how it shifted from its original intent here. The central point the author makes is that the framers were concerned about preserving individual liberties, and that a pure democracy would allow majorities to take away the rights of minorities. The EC was supposed to be a sort of nominating process, but it didn't work as intended.