Our Electoral College

How did we get the Electoral College?

The Founding Fathers established the Electoral College in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. However, the term “electoral college” does not appear in the Constitution. Article II of the Constitution and the 12th Amendment refer to “electors,” but not to the “electoral college.”

Since the Electoral College process is part of the original design of the U.S. Constitution it would be necessary to pass a Constitutional amendment to change this system.

So...

when the general public votes for a Presidential candidate, the electoral college vote for that President is the only VOTE THAT COUNTS...

Why did our Founding Fathers do this?

Nobody is 100% sure why but there is a good bet that our Founding Fathers did not trust the general public.  

WHY?

Quite possibly because the general public was uneducated and could be easily influenced by corrupt politicians.

It is entirely possible for a President to be elected by the ELECTORAL COLLEGE that DID NOT WIN the Popular Vote from the general public.

The Democrats want to eliminate the ELECTORAL COLLEGE because they believe that they can control the general public vote.

Most Americans do not know about and if they did know about the electoral college, do not understand how it works, and yet, the classes they should have taken in high school, would have explained all this to them.

Either, the general public did not pay attention in high school, or they were selective with their learning.  If this is the case, then it would appear that our Founding Fathers had a pretty good insight into the lack of knowledge by the general public.