Why was the electoral college even created

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BlueVeins · 22-25

Because when the US was founded, the vast majority of the populace was uneducated and direct voting was therefore rather impractical. It's obsolete now, with compulsory public education.

ViciDraco · 36-40, M

@BlueVeins I'd argue that even with compulsory education that our country isn't very educated when it comes to matters the government needs to deal with

BlueVeins · 22-25

@ViciDraco That's fairly true, but it's a lot better than nothing and I should also add that the proliferation of public programming and college education contributes a lot. Either way, it's not like we really use the electors' expertise anyway; we just vote for the electors who we think will vote for the candidate we like.