In the US, our electoral college route is intended to protect the minority. This is why the socialists in our country want to eliminate it. This exercise by the liberals (leftists) in our country is nothing but an attempted power grab. From what ever country, these people can't be satisfied with having some power and given the chance would end up a dictator based only on their need for power. Now imagine that dictator in charge of one of the most powerful militarizes on the planet. It's scary.