Irony and Hypocrisy all rolled into one...

[boutons_deux]

Because the founders left it to the states legislatures to decide how the executive would be chosen.

They wanted to give power the (non-Eastern) territories to induce them to become states, same angle played in giving state disproportional power with 2 Senators, no matter how unpopulated the state.

[Blake]

That couldn't be further from the truth. The electoral system is the only thing keeping a few population center from deciding policy for the whole country.

god forbid the populace actually decide who the president will be for that same populace

[Yonivore]

god forbid the populace actually decide who the president will be for that same populace

God forbid mob rule decide it. And, the President is the executive of the federal government not a representative of the people. You elect those every two years.

[Blake]

God forbid mob rule decide it.

rofl mob rule.

Explain the worst case scenario if the popular vote becomes the only vote.