Here's the NO SPIN, NO B.S., NO FABRICATION reason the 'college exists: WITHOUT IT, JUST A FEW STATES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS COULD, in effect, RULE THE WHOLE COUNTRY. They could dictate who was elected pres, what the national policies should be, what fed. laws/regs would be passed - the whole 9 yards. In effect, they COULD make the vast majority of the nation a voiceless, "fly over" area. That, sir, IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT.
The Founders wanted to make sure that would never be the case...'that smaller states would have a 'say' in things, and the 'college is the way they .
With all due respect, Larry, you are wrong. The very issue you mentioned is the reason the two houses of the Legislative Branch of our government is set up the way they are. Allotted state representation in the House of Representatives is based on population---there's the power of population. The numbers each state is allowed in the Senate is the same for every state, California and New York each get only two...the other states all have the same number. That provides a check-and-balance against the power to dominate based on population.
The Electoral College, on the other hand, is set up EXACTLY like the House of Representatives...states with larger populations get larger numbers of votes, thereby ensuring their power to dominate in the electoral process as run by the Electoral College.
Fred Staker was one hell of a Social Studies teacher...are you sure you studied the same U.S. government as the rest of us did? Sure wish you had been fortunate enough to have had Mr. Staker as a teacher :-/
Cheers!!
Doug