Recently the electoral college has been taking a lot of heat because the system is the reason why we will be forced to have Donald Trump as our president.

The question is, why can't we trust the popular vote?

The truth is that the electoral college was established to give smaller states, or states with smaller populations, the same amount of power as the larger states.

The belief the founding fathers placed in the electoral college was a simple one. They hoped it would prevent a lesser qualified candidate from winning the presidency. Now we see that just isn't how it works, because we have the lesser qualified candidate making his way to the White House.

This will be the second time since the 2000 Presidential Election that the candidate who lost the popular vote will be winning the presidency, because of the electoral college.

The electoral college has always controlled the way the candidates campaign, because they will focus solely on the "battleground" states such as Florida, Michigan and Ohio instead of focusing on states with larger populations.

The majority of the states with larger populations have historically been Democratic and lean to the liberal side of the aisle. New York, California, and Illinois are strongly Democratic and have been for some time.

When we compare that with the Republican strongholds which are Texas, Alabama and Oklahoma, there is one key difference.

With the exception of Texas, majority of the Republican strongholds do not have cities with large populations. The Democratic strongholds have the cities of Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. That's where the majority of the population lives, so shouldn't their needs be addressed, especially in large states?

So when someone argues the electoral college needs to remain because it gives a voice to the "fly over" states, I say this, "Why should I care, that's not where majority of the population lives?"

Like no offense, but if abolishing the electoral college means only people in the population-dense states get a say in politics, maybe that's the way to go. Because that's where people live.

The fly over states historically have conservative legislation which their law-makers base around the bible, often citing that the bible should be included in politics, however these states are often suffering more than the liberal states.

I don't really care what some conservative living in Alabama thinks, because they are not the majority. The president needs to be a leader for all people of America, not just conservatives who only have their business dealings in mind.

The popular vote matters, and should be the only way to elect a president, because the majority of people should decide who leads the country, not the conservative militant states.

As the electoral college continues to be denounced, hopefully there can be amendments to get rid of it once and for all.