Why the whiny losers don't understand the need for the electoral college

OK, so the losing Leftists are yet again whining that their candidate for Our Glorious Leader yet again won the popular vote but will lose the electoral college vote, which will take place on December 19th.

At the heart of the issue is the fact that the US is NOT a direct democracy, it is a representative, democratic republic. The states came first, then came the union of those states.

The individual states are the building blocks of the United States, not the individual citizens of those states That's why the constitution requires any proposed amendment be ratified by the legislatures of the states, not by the individual voters.

The electoral college was specifically enshrined in the constitution by the Founders to provide the states with the necessary mechanism to exercise their representation in the election of the republic's president.

Since it's football season, let's use a football analogy. In order to win the game, the teams need to score points. Points are scored by touchdowns, field goals, etc.

In the electoral college "game," points are scored by winning individual states. That's how the electoral college votes are counted, state by state.

Using the overall popular vote to elect the president would be like using the total number of yards a team gains during the game rather than the actual points scored.

Sure, the winning team usually, but not always, gains more total yards than the opponent. And usually the presidential candidate who wins the electoral college vote also wins the popular vote. This year was a relatively rare exception.

The popular vote in each individual state is what wins that state's electoral college votes. The sum of each individual states' votes, like the total number of yards gained by each team, is essentially irrelevant to deciding the victor.

That's the system we have, and it would take a constitutional amendment to change it. Like it or not, it is a pipe dream to think that the required three fourths of the state legislatures would ever give up their vital role in our representative democracy. Nor would it be desirable.