The Electoral College: Now and then

Thomas Mann talks about the electoral system during the Obama election which was an ideal popular vote election whereas the election in 2000 (Bush) was quite the opposite. He give a little background on the
Electoral College in the late 1700's, bringing up the 3/5th's compromise which gave the South and advantage on the electoral vote. He states that the Electoral College was introduced for many reasons but pointed out the fact that if it was based on popular vote, "voters wouldn't have the information needed to make an intelligent choice" for president.