besides the college, the founders also set up the senate to serve as a check against the wild, inflamed passions of populism
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nevermind that this would almost certainly trigger a civil war as the various departments gather behind their chosen pretenders
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oh and remember servicemen were about split between trump and *johnson*, with clinton a distant third, so good luck with that
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really I vastly discount the impact popular will has on politics, see mostly rule by various alphabet agencies and executive branch staffers
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but appealing to the college under "muh founders" is antithetical to the past two centuries of enfranchisement and removal of safeguards
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better to at least be honest and say "voting is bad and we want off this ride." till then, democracy, good and hard
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pretty sure it's not binary. FPTP vs instant runoff is a meaningful choice between various extremes
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I'm referring specifically to argument that electoral college in december should defect to hillary for the good of the nation
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not any process reform or anything
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I would like all states to assign all electors proportionally or just go to popular vote.
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