Robert Mueller makes move that suggests he's going after Mike Pence also

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70. That's not the purpose of the

.....Electoral College as I understand it. It was created to reassure the states that had less population that the powerful Northern states would not take away their slaves. It's a way to protect a smaller collection of citizen's (usually rural) from having to concede to the majority of the population (which lived/lives in cities).

It was also a way to keep a certain power elite (white male property owners with clout) unhindered by the popular vote. It was a brake, a filter--so they could get the candidate they wanted.

Today, it allows the sparsely populated and often Southern or Western state's voter to have more power in his/her individual vote than a voter in a densely populated area.

Under the guise of protecting people from a "shifty candidate".