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"Could"... The system we use now, guarantees it...I understand that. However unless there are only two candidates in the end... The system doesn't produce a "just" result. I'm not against having the electoral college. I am against having more than two candidates when it comes down to very end.Yes. The next President elected by the electoral college, will have received less than 50 % of the popular vote. The current system is broken, and ineffective at giving the citizenry an actual representative say in their governance. This will lead to violence , and unrest. Some may argue that it already has.
The electoral college was designed as a compromise between state rights and popular vote.
If the electoral college did not exist, presidential candidates would completely ignore campaigning in smaller battleground states.
It defies reason that a person receiving less than 50% of the vote, could become president
Even with only two candidates enough write-ins could still produce a winner with less than 50% of the votes..