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Originally Posted by GirlySports
wasn't the electoral college created so that the big cities wouldn't have too much influence (similar to each state sending 2 senators regardless of size)
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That's the second reason, to balance power for the smaller states.
The first reason the electoral college was created because the founders thought the people weren't to be trusted with electing the President! They were concerned that a tyrant would manipulate public opinion and be elected President.
Which could end up being hilarious depending on how Trump turns out.
Hamilton and the other founders believed that the electors would be able to insure that only a qualified person becomes President. They believed that with the Electoral College no one would be able to manipulate the citizenry. It would act as check on an electorate that might be duped. Hamilton and the other founders did not trust the population to make the right choice. The founders also believed that the Electoral College had the advantage of being a group that met only once and thus could not be manipulated over time by foreign governments or others.
http://www.historycentral.com/electi...collgewhy.html