Honestly - yes - and that’s the trust of ‘American democracy’ - heck at the start only white landowners were allowed to vote (thus ensuring that the poor couldn’t). Perhaps a ‘romantic’ view of our founding leads people to believe otherwise - but the founding of the country was done by men, with flaws and failures abound. The resulting framework was the kind of thing that rightly should be noted as a modern miracle based on how well it’s been able to function despite human nature. The ‘framework’ is sound.
To whit - the ‘electoral college’ isn’t meant to give small states more power than large ones - it should be based on population and the only reason it isn’t is due to the fact that we ran out of room for more representatives as our country grew. (Apportionment Act of 1911 - Wikipedia)
The truth of the matter is - had the ‘electoral college’ been based off of actual population (as was intended) and voted as per their states - we’d have a different president - this moment in history has laughably been in the making for over a century.
