2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What if both Sanders & Trump went 3rd party, creating a FOUR WAY race? [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)It took into account that we'd have a body that represented more populated areas equally (house of representatives) and a body that represents less populated areas equal to the more populated areas (senate) no legislation will be sent to the president until both of these bodies are satisfied.
The electoral college gives a vote to each of these representatives in the presidential election. That prevents areas that are extremely populated from completely overriding areas that are sparsely populated. It encourages finding common ground
I think it's a good system. it gives AREAS a voice in addition to people. That way the people who live next to national forests or national parks have an equal voice in the senate to someone who lives next to a city.