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Conservatives don't like the popular vote because cities vote for Democrats.
Liberals don't like the electoral college because it gives outsize weight to rural areas which typically vote Republican.
Let's not pretend that the electoral college is unbiased.
And besides, the electoral college was designed to have the electors be the gatekeepers to insure a qualified person was elected. They failed miserably this year. This isn't a Democrat v. Republican complaint. I would have been perfectly happy to live under a qualified Republican.
Seems like Honest Abe got the "by the people" bit wrong in his famous address. Although I guess "by the electoral college" doesn't sound as catchy.
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