It's like we've been trying to destroy the electoral college almost since it's inception. And every step makes it worse. The electoral college was supposed to

It's like we've been trying to destroy the electoral college almost since it's inception. And every step makes it worse. The electoral college was supposed to be a sort of bulwark between the public and the highest office in the nation. State governments choose their electors. Those electors are supposed to be tasked with choosing the best among the candidates for president and vice-president. But instead, state governments threw that decision to the public. Effectively making the electoral college a proxy popularity vote for a state. And that's a big fucking ask of any person. Choose the person who is capable of running the country and making all these decisions, whose policies will guide your nation to prosperity, etc. Hell man, I'm just trying to get my budget straight. Do I look like I have time in between everything else I do to also seriously investigate every single candidate? And I'm not a complete moron either. And I know I cannot actually make a completely informed decision here. But I know complete morons. And they get a vote just like me.