Reply #56: if the electoral college worked the way it was intended, yes [View All]

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The founders specifically created the college as a buffer between the people (state legislators originally) and their tendency to make short-sighted decisions. Before the two-party system installed partisan hacks as electors, the electors were expected to cast their votes as individuals (in good faith, no less!). If 20 of today's electors stayed awake in Civics class, we have hope of averting a dictatorship. Long odds considering the balance of power is education, but a scenario nonetheless.