All large governments end up settling on a system like the EC. The EU (committees and rotating presidency), PRC (unequal province sizes), and the Vatican (cardinals) for example use variations on it.

The arguments usually take the form:

• we need to give added weight to rural areas because without it they will be under the tyranny of the majority and eventually breakoff.

• wtf!? Why does corn get to vote?

I think the existing system needs reform but one citizen one vote doesnt work for large diverse areas.

Yes, make every vote count. The winner of the popular vote should be the winner of the election.

I am only against the electoral college, because some person can render my legal vote utterly worthless. How about we address the number of dead people who voted for Hillary? That would be a topic.

Yes. All other political offices are determined by the majority vote. We take the majority vote and then discard it. No. That is not fair or right. Majority rules in all cases.

Yes, it should be. Its inclusion in the Constitution came at a time when the states were more important than the citizens. At least for me, that time has passed. Within recent memory, we have had two presidents elected by the Electoral College who lost the popular vote. The ballot of an individual voter in California or New York should have as much weight as the ballot of a voter in Wyoming.

Yes, it's time.

Question: Are we talking about just popular election of the president, or scrapping the whole skewed congressional representation thing? Folks in the High Plains get about three to five times as much democracy as I get, while my state does most of the paying for stuff.

Absolutely. It was meant to give more weight to voters in low population areas so that every election isn't dictated by New York and California. But it has been shown over the past decade that the EC is antiquated and doesn't reflect the will of the people. But I also believe that the Dems need to lose the Super Delegate. It's a tool that makes sure the nominee is the person the Democratic Party wants. Neither of these reflect the choice of the people.

Yes, it needs to go, but I doubt it will be done with an amendment. There is a way to fix things. States can require that their electoral collage votes go to the candidate that wins the overall popular vote. I think there are 10states that already do this. To win the electoral college you need 270 votes, the states that already do this represent 165 votes, which is a good start.

Geese the choir is writing its own music now, that will go over like a rainbow over an eclipse.

I think so. The intent seems to have been good, protecting the people against a populist maniac, but it doesn't appear the EC is doing its job. So, be gone and good riddance.

Hell yes!!!

Yes-Yes and Yes