Electoral College Reform

1. Americans have trouble grasping the fact that the president is elected by the electoral college, not the popular vote.
2. Election day is always the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
3. Most times the winner of the election can be determined that night, but the 2000 election took 36 days.
4. The electoral college never meets, it is not a single entity.
5. The existence of the electoral college usually undermines third parties.
6. If there was no electoral college, a president would be more likely to have less than 50% of the votes.
7. There has been at least 700 proposed amendments to change the electoral college.
8. Hilliary Clinton was the most recent. (as of the time that this was written)
9. Both candidates could promise to only go by the popular vote to bypass Congress.
10. Ten states account for 54% of the population as of 2000.

1. Will there be any real changes to the electoral college?
2. The author often says "we", who does this represent?
3. Has any candidates ever talked about only using the popular vote?
4. How would changes in the electoral college affect the number of voters on election day?
5. Should area be a factor in electoral votes? Alaska would mess that up though.

I think the electoral college should be abolished. Then the candidates would have to focus on more areas than the swing states. Also, the real voice of the people would be heard.