The electoral college is bad, but isn’t the core problem.
The core problem is First Past the Post voting. And before the 1780s, the issues were almost completely unknown because voting at scale wasn’t really a thing.
Now, the French saw the problem, or rather a French Mathematician named Condorcet did. He even hacked together a clunky voting system that sort of addressed the problem. But sadly was killed as part of the Reign of Terror.
The person who can beat every other candidate in a one on one election is called the Condorcet Winner.
Anyway the two voting systems that actually fix the problems are Approval and STAR. Both can easily deliver the Condorcet Winner while also supporting an unlimited number of candidates on the ballot.
The electoral college is bad, but isn’t the core problem.
The core problem is First Past the Post voting. And before the 1780s, the issues were almost completely unknown because voting at scale wasn’t really a thing.
Now, the French saw the problem, or rather a French Mathematician named Condorcet did. He even hacked together a clunky voting system that sort of addressed the problem. But sadly was killed as part of the Reign of Terror.
The person who can beat every other candidate in a one on one election is called the Condorcet Winner.
Anyway the two voting systems that actually fix the problems are Approval and STAR. Both can easily deliver the Condorcet Winner while also supporting an unlimited number of candidates on the ballot.