>>I disagree with you. The purpose of the election is to choose a president that more people in the US want than any other single person.
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>Correction. The purpose of the election is to elect a president according to the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution rules on this point, not what the most people want.

I think I described the "purpose". "Purpose" is defined by Websters as the intention or goal. What have described the "mandate" or "reqirement"... that being adherence to the US constitution.