What do you think would be the best outcome for the US Electoral College?

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Arminillo said:

greenmedic88 said:

What this is accomplishing however, is the increasing realization that the US citizen's vote does not matter in the presidential election. At best, it can foster belief that the system is not legitimate, or at least does not legitimately represent the majority consensus. Unless of course you happen to be the beneficiary of the system in which the popular vote was lost by your party where you can lose the vote, but still win the election.

How does it not matter? If we moved to popular vote, the minority vote would think their vote "doesnt matter". The electoral college was made to ensure the minority had a vote, just like our bicameral legislature was. America is built on compromise, not majority. Hell, even the Revolutionaries were the minority of Americans at the time.

It doesn't matter. We are not voting for a US president. We are voting for how the elector will vote. Even then they can go rogue and an entire states election process is worthless. If it is a regular vote then it doesn't matter what color your state is. Most people don't vote because they know their vote doesn't mean squat where they are. And this way the power isn't in the hands of a few people who may or may not vote the way their own state wants.