Electoral College

The electoral college was primarly created to seperate the the rich and the poor, mainly in the rich peoples favor. The rich did not want the poor gaining enough power to the extent where they were taking money from the rich. To solve this issue the indirect democracy was created. This protected the elite status of people but also gave some power to the poor but not enough to make the elite class worry. Also the electoral college was intended to give small states to have several votes in an election. Due to small populations the small states were looked passed and there votes did not affect much due to the small size.
  I believe the electoral college is fair and it prevents many issues nobody wants to deal with. I like the electoral college because there is always going to be an outcome. No president can demand tecounts over and over trying to increase their chances by some way. It makes the outcome the fairest way possible. This also prevents "runoffs". If a president was elected by popular vote these runoffs would occur. Lastly, it prevents a president being popular with one particular area, region, ect. This makes it so the president needs to achieve these votes because those votes are bigger than what a president needs to get in