in america, if the popular vote in each state determines the electors who choose the president, who will then obviously vote for the same person as whoever won the popular vote in that state, what is the point of electors?

Question

you vote for people who then vote for the people you want, so why not just vote for the people you want?

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Answer 1

So in many states the electors don’t have to vote for who won their state. The point is that America was concived as a republic where the public was not trusted with power. It allows the governent to subvert the will of the people if need be.