Since the Electoral College is enshrined in the Constitution, it seems pretty hard to get rid of it in our current political situation. However, a workaround might happen much more easily. There's an Interstate Compact just waiting for enough states to agree to it to control the outcome of elections, whose participants will make their electors follow the national popular vote.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
The only issue I can foresee is if there is a national near-deadlock. As bad as it is to recount a state, imagine recounting the country! Perhaps it should only be in effect if there is a margin of 0.5% or higher at the national level. Sadly, that would mean that Bush v. Gore could have potentially happened even if we had this. At least the "battleground state" effect would be over, though. Heck, maybe 0.2% would be enough considering it would be for the whole nation and not a state. The Kennedy-Nixon election would still be too close to qualify.
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