"Fundamentalism wins in the US"

The thought that educated, the cultured and the sophisticated should choose the chief executive of the country instead of the majority of the population would make the forefathers of the country turn upside down in their grave. Isn't that the reason why they fled from England in the first place; so that the royalty, who considered themselves to be educated, cultured and sophisticated could not decide for them? This is a country where juries randomly selected from the general population choose the faith of a person and not a Judge. If ordinary people are capable of deciding if one should be put to death or not for crimes committed, shouldn't they be trusted to make the right choice in the election?

The constitution of the United States has fared well for more then 200 years and has weathered a civil war, World War II, the great depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and the demise of socialism. With all its checks and balances, I believe it will stand the test of time and we won't have to wait 50 years to make the constitution right.