The Electoral College, established during the Constitutional Convention, was fundamentally designed to protect the political power of slave states, notably through the three-fifths compromise which augmented their electoral representation. This system, observers contend, now functions to perpetuate minority rule, frequently overriding the national popular vote and prompting calls for its reform or abolition.
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