It wasn't always this way!
Originally, candidates ran for President, and the first runner-up became Vice-President.
This ensured that if a single party had no huge majority, the Vice-President would represent the largest minority in the Executive Branch.
This was changed (surprise!) because it reduced the power of the winning party.
This is how we came to live in a country where political parties claim a "mandate from the people" with as little as 51% of the vote--effectively removing nearly half of the population from representation in the Executive Branch.
Electing them as a unit effectivley disenfranchises huge minorities from being represented in the White House
Get rid of "winner-takes-all" in the White House!
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