Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats and 29.5% of people who didn’t identify with one particular party.
The funny thing is the electoral college was created to protect us from this, but it’s kinda the whole reason we’re where we are.
Uh, no. The electoral college was created because the slavers wanted representation for their slaves without giving them the vote.
Edit: Source
No. The electoral college was created because the founders didn’t trust the uneducated general population to not elect a tyrant, so the EC was supposed to be made up of educated people who wouldn’t be stupid enough to vote against the best interests of the people.
It also had a bit to do with how long it took to count votes at the time.
Are you sure you’re not thinking about the 3/5 compromise?
See the source I posted in the edit.