You are half right. But only half. The election is the popular vote, in the individual states. Hence the term President of the United States. Not President of the American People.
The person who wins enough delegates from the several states wins the election. The Delegates are awarded based upon the popular vote in that state. So the President is the one who wins the Popular vote in enough states to earn the delegates.
Yes, you've done a good job of reminding us we have stupid system devised by Dead Slave Rapists...
But you haven't explained why it isn't... you know.. Stupid.
It has been said that there are no Great Men. Only great challenges that ordinary men must try to meet. By focusing only on the negative you miss the accomplishments of the Founders. It would be as if I called you a loud mouthed ignorant little twit. You may be a brilliant artist. You might be a gifted computer programmer. You could be an inspired researcher who makes an earth shattering discovery. You might be a loving parent who raises a wonderful child.
All of that is missed or ignored because I've written you off as a loud mouthed ignorant little twit. And let's be honest, you are. But I believe that is not all you are.
Ben Franklin was an adulterer. But he also possessed a brilliant mind and questioned what he saw every day. He was also a skilled politician who was instrumental in reaching the compromises that helped form this nation.
In life you never get everything you want. We try to explain that to children by telling them that life isn't fair. We learn to compromise, that is to say we give a little and get a little. No agreement is ever perfect, and no deal is ever exactly what everyone wants. As an example. When I go to buy a new car I have a price in mind I want to pay, a price I'd like to pay, and a price I'm willing to pay. I'd love to get the price I want, I'd be happy to get the price I'd like, but the negotiation will inevitably settle somewhere around the price I am willing to pay.
This is a compromise framework. Everyone gets some of what they want. It is real life and how we all manage to coexist.
I'm willing to operate on the idea that the entirety of your existence is not that you are a loud mouthed ignorant little twit. No one is ever only the negative. No one is ever the positive alone. Mother Theresa had moments of depression and doubt. Everyone has bad days or makes a poor choice.
The reason we went with this electoral system is simple. It was the best we could all agree on at the time. The founders realized that we might not like the way something works so they gave us a way to change it. And we've changed it more than two dozen times. Now curiously enough the process to change it does not include being a loud mouthed ignorant little twit and insulting everyone who disagrees with you.
Oh, there is one last bit of truth I'd like to share. If it's stupid but it works, it is not stupid. That is a lesson I learned as a Combat Engineer in the Army.
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