> Donald Trump IS the person the electoral college was put in place to stop. Wrong. It was put in place to stop someone who was only popular in urban areas. Yo

> Donald Trump IS the person the electoral college was put in place to stop. Wrong. It was put in place to stop someone who was only popular in urban areas. You need to carry a majority of states in order to represent the states. There are plenty of other checks to "stop" (curb) the power of the office. The voters can have a big say whether or not those should be invoked this November.