I don't know if that is true about the electoral college. The EC was put into place a long time ago when the demographics and politics of this country were very different. Back then, states were far more separate than they are today. They were essentially individual sovereign nations with very significant differences and practices. I believe the electoral college was somewhat of a compromise between the states so that less populous states wouldn't simply be drowned out by the larger states and have no influence/say in the government.
As for today, I think the EC is less important and could be abolished for presidential elections.
The EC was put in place to give less populous but wealthy white landowners a bigger say.
I disagree. I believe, and many scholars do as well, that it was put in place to give all states a more equal say in the nation's affairs. If you review american history and the founding of the nation, one of the biggest impediments to forming the union was the fears that individual states had that they would lose their autonomy.
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