Socialism is unfairly maligned. We’re all socialists, the only difference is what we want to spend the money on. Some people want to spend it on healthcare, education and infrastructure. Others want to spend it on mass deportations, mass incarceration, and homicide campaigns abroad. Pick your poison.
And what about high-population conservative states like TX or low-population liberal states like RI? Frankly, the Founders had no way of knowing the makeup of the US in 200+ years.
The historical reason was different: Blacks could vote in the North. The EC was created to weaken the free Black vote for President. The idea that the Founders planned for the 2016 election is the biggest load of horseshit I’ve heard in a long time.
Trump won due to a historical accident, plain and simple.