"The framers of the consitution, while they did not envision the two party system we see today, intended for the winner of the popular vote to be able to lose the electoral college."
-Brad

The framers of the Constitution intended for America to be a Republic, NOT a democracy, whereby the individual rights of freeholders and landowners were protected from tyranny, including the tyranny of the mob (democracy is synonymous with mob-rule).

They didn't give a damn (nor should we) about non-landowners or how they would have voted. If the framers of the Constitution wanted a popular vote, they would have, well, framed the Constitution that way.

Today it does not matter who wins the election. The Federal Reserve (which is neither Federal, nor do they store any monetary reserves anywhere) acts as the surrogate King of America by electronically manipulating the money supply, thus controlling every facet of our lives.