Wait, you think the elites are better educated?
Um... yes. They have this thing called "money" and in America you need a lot of "money" to get into these things called "good schools", generally in the form of higher end institutions. To believe otherwise would be willfully ignorant.
Also, far more importantly to this argument:
Wait, you think the elites are better educated?
Back in the day being literate meant you were kind of a big deal.
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Yeah, well, kinda. It never meant you were part of the political elite though. The United States was never a Platonic republic.
Once again, being literate tended to mean you had this thing called money, which you had ostensibly because you were a hard working, concerned, useful member of the community. Not saying that's the truth, but it's what they believe. So what are they going to do? The people who believe their class is the brains and spine of the community are going to act as the government of the community because they believe they know better.
This is precisely the same way western politics works today. Rich, successful, smart sounding people rank way above intelligent but meager and simple sounding folk.
The Electoral College was designed to reward geography. In order to assure a victory, you had to appeal to many people across the nation. You could not focus your attention on a few heavily populated areas. While populated areas do provide more votes, the College established minimums across the states (each state, no matter how small, received several votes). So it would be possible to assemble a coalition of many small states and defeat someone who focused on a few heavily populated states.... much like how Trump defeated Hillary. (This was also radically more important way back when and there were not as many states/votes available).
And yes, a system designed by literate, educated white males tended to benefit literate, educated white males. The key words being "literate" and "educated", not "white" or "male", despite what the news media is saying
Yes. This precisely. It's a proportionality system. A reaaaaaaaaaaaal simple one based on land.