Actually, the Electoral College probably really exists because the founding fathers of our country couldn't quite bring themselves to allow the great unwashed outside the establishment in the original thirteen colonies to have a really strong voice in popular elections.
Remember, at that time, the only cities, and thus most of the votes, were there.
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