[quote=moneymaker]
Yeah I’d say it had an influence on this last election. I’m not gonna say the system is rigged as everyone knew the rules and Trump won because he ran a better campaign based on those rules. But technically the electoral college system takes us farther away from being a true Democracy. As spdrun said it made perfect sense back then but not now.[/quote]
We never were a true democracy. The US form of government is a constitutional republic. True democracy is actually a pretty poor government as it allows the majority to oppress the minority. A constitutional republic places a bunch of checks and balances to restrict the majority from doing exactly that.
In 2008 the majority in CA did vote to ban Gay Marriage. In true democracy that vote would still stand and we’d continue to oppress the rights of the gay minority. In took courts and interpretation of the constitution to override that majority rule.