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Re: Virtual nostalgia

"In theory that is why the USA founding fathers created their Electoral College - as a check on a populist candidate being elected president."

Bollocks. The Electoral College has nothing to do with 'populism.' It has always been about guaranteeing a majority of smaller states don't get steamrollered by a few large states.

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