The purpose of the Electoral College was to guard against demogogues. It failed because it had no power base. For a long time, the political parties used the nomination function to make sure that only qualified people are nominated, usually people with both experience and legal or military training and a respect for constitutional values. That broke down last year and we elected somone who, like his voters, believes the propaganda on FoxNews, which is a bigger problem than Donald Trump, because the Constitution protects their right to lie to their viewers.