The President just advocated abolishing the Electoral College (as have Dr. Carson and others from both parties). Why did the Framers put it in the Constitution? For the same reason they created a republic, not a democracy. They knew democracies fail because the Majority* inevitably votes away the rights of of the Minority.* That leads to persecution, "balkanization" and ultimately to national collapse. The Framers created a republic that protects the Minority from the tyranny of "majority rule."
*these groups change over time (blacks, Christians, gun owners, gays, Jews, etc.)
*these groups change over time (blacks, Christians, gun owners, gays, Jews, etc.)
 Dr. Williams | "The Founding Fathers held a deep abhorrence for democracy and majority rule. In fact, the word democracy appears nowhere in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. In Federalist No. 10, James Madison wrote, 'Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.'" |