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For those who live outside the US this is how their elections work (programming.dev)

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Electoral College elects The President. No other type of election works like that.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He supported the popular vote, right up until the 3/5 compromise.

He changed his mind during the convention of 1787,

Remember, before this the argument was that congress itself should elect the executive, or state legislatures. Madison (and Hamilton) pushed this as he didn't trust congress, but nor did he trust the people, but also different states had different voter eligibility laws (for instance, slaves, and later, women).