I was taught that they were there in case the masses made an absolutely idiotic choice they could just say nope sorry.
I actually thought they were probably going to reject Trump. I thought that they were a safeguard.
I used to think it was a pretty good idea to have two senators from each state
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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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10th Amendment
I’m not really arguing anything in particular just that federalism isn’t working out very well these days.