[Magdalen] Stupid question

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/4/2016 11:05:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gracecan at gmail.com writes:

I feel  very ignorant in asking this, but I wonder if someone can explain 
to me--or  point me to a source--why we don't elect by popular vote?  Why 
can't they  just add up all the votes in the primaries and declare the winners 
in each  party based on the  totals?>>>>>>>>>
 
This was a National Forensic annual topic one of the years I was in
high school.  It was something like, "Resolved, that the  Presidential
election should be by direct popular vote."
 
As I recall, the arguments for retention of the present system  (Electoral
College) are based largely on keeping away small, splinter parties.
 
 
 
David Strang.