So we get to be ruled by a minority of the least educated ? That ' s not a democratic republic that ' s like the opposite of a technocracy idiocracy ? plus , the electoral college in the constitution is not really about thatthey set up Congress to take care of states balance cali has nowhere near proportional representation . Electoral college is because they had a different idea of democracy back thenwhite , smart people could decide but they didn ' t trust the plebs to choose a competent leader and put a system in place to prevent a demagogue who fools the people who might centralize power . So , basically , someone like Trump . <| sep |> I added everyone who posted here up 11242016 please add back Fc 547281252719