"Allen" wrote:

If it were not for the
electoral college the U.S. would be governed by the residents of large
cities and the rural population (who tend to be more conservative) would
have no say in the law-making process.

"Martin Hotze" wrote in message


that's dictatorship of the majority.


Dictatorship by the majority. I'm not sure what that means. Here in the
U.S. we have a legislative process to create new laws. (Although lately we
have had some judicial benches trying to create new laws).

Allen