In light of Nate Silver& #39;s viral tweet, here& #39;s a reminder that the electoral college has created a significant probability of minority rule for its entire history. https://slate.com/business/2019/09/electoral-college-republican-advantage-texas-economics-paper.html">https://slate.com/business/...

It& #39;s funny that people think it matters whether the founders believed the electoral college was a good idea.

If this were a discussion about constitutional interpretation, their intentions for how the U.S. should be shaped would be relevant.

But we& #39;re talking about whether the constitution should be amended.

Understanding founders& #39; ideas can certainly help illuminate its actual purpose, and can help one decide whether it ever was a good idea, or if any of their concerns are still relevant today.

But "the founders wanted X" is not a persuasive normative argument for anything.