Some would argue that the electoral college was actually designed to create deadlock so that congress would often choose the president [1]. That's in fact how i

Some would argue that the electoral college was actually designed to create deadlock so that congress would often choose the president [1]. That's in fact how it used to work--especially prior to the 12th amendment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_%28United_States%29#Original_plan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_%28United_Sta...