They, of course, also set up our Republic to ensure a large number of individuals didn’t participate in the process. Mostly because those individuals would bring about “mob rule” via democracy. Why these guys were a lot smarter than we are today. We need to be rolling back the franchise, not expanding it. Welfare recipients and government employees first among those that need to be taken off the voting rolls.
I'm beginning to favor the 1824 method: let the state legislators elect the electoral college, hence the president.
More direct and local accountability to the citizens. ("You voted for that scoundrel?! What's wrong with you?!?")
Damn right!