The more I see of this game the the less I want to play it . <| sep |> It ' s not tramtrain as in you get a tram then the train , it ' s tramtrain as in a tram that runs on the current railways . A branch is being built at Paisley purely for the tram so it ' s one journey straight through from Central . Fulfils all the requirements while keeping the cost down because it ' s cheaper to build tram lines that rail unless you ' re Edinburgh <| sep |> not empowered to crown the POTUS cause they know better than the people . That ' s actually exactly what the electors are meant to do . Read the Federalist Papers some time , specifically the Federalist No . 68 . The process of election affords a moral certainty , that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications . Talents for low intrigue , and the little arts of popularity , may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State but it will require other talents , and a different kind of merit , to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union , or of so considerable a portion of it as would be necessary to make him a successful candidate for the distinguished office of President of the United States . It will not be too strong to say , that there will be a constant probability of seeing the station filled by characters preeminent for ability and virtue . And this will be thought no inconsiderable recommendation of the Constitution , by those who are able to estimate the share which the executive in every government must necessarily have in its good or ill administration . Though we cannot acquiesce in the political heresy of the poet who says For forms of government let fools contest That which is best administered is best , yet we may safely pronounce , that the true test of a good government is its aptitude and tendency to produce a good administration . Hamilton for example was pretty explicitly worried about people that win because they are popular or capable of rousing the populace despite utterly lacking in meaningful qualifications for the post . That ' s one of the primary reasons why there is an electoral college so educated elites can overrule a populace that gives itself to flights of fancy with little realistic consideration of the probable consequences .