The election of Donald Trump, if nothing else, emphasizes the many flaws in the US election system

(Photo credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) by E.A. Blair The election of Donald Trump, if nothing else, emphasizes the many flaws in the United States election system. He is one of five candidates to accede to the presidency while losing the popular vote, none of whom (John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes, William Harrison and George W.…