The Founding Fathers lived in a time when most of the population was illiterate , the slave states needed to be appeased , and cities only contained 5 percent of the population . I think it ' s safe to say the times have changed . The issue with the electoral college isn ' t that it exists , it ' s the winner take all system . The way things are now , Democrats in Texas or Republicans in California are silenced by majorities in their state . <| sep |> thanks ! we ' ve only scratched the surface <| sep |> Whoops ! !? Caught out there mate , trying to manipulate your own votes now , cheeky <| sep |> I propose that we all tweet this at him . <| sep |> Beat yourself to it <| sep |> Sounds more like the first symptoms of Alzheimer ' s disease to be honest .