Will the Electoral College serve the purpose the Founding Fathers created it for?

Twitter is blowing up today with Tweets about the Electoral College. “The founders envisioned electors as people who could prevent an irresponsible demagogue from taking office.”

“The electors Hamilton believed, would prevent someone with “talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity” from becoming President”

So these electors was designed to be our fail safe to ensure Democracy would be preserved by preventing a whack job from becoming President. So on December 19, the electors will vote. Historically they do vote the party line as determined by the state election results but they are not legally bound to do so. Will the Electoral College fulfill their duty as envisioned by the Founding Fathers?

The Atlantic has a good read on the Electoral College and what could happen if Hillary was chosen instead.