The first is with real voters... and this is the ONLY election from which we can determine voter intent... with the help of credible opinion polls. The second election is when states, using the antidemocratic EC formula which weighs the vote of citizens differently depending on state residence, translates... or bastardize, the actual votes of their citizens. In this case it's, with the rarest of exceptions... a mindless winner take all formula.

Bottom line... the EC vote tells us NOTHING about voter intent.