Horrible The EC should be absolished.
I agree that this system is bad, but here's why the EC should remain
A) If there were no Electoral College, all campaigning would be blanket ads, and then it would be a battle of who had more money. With the Electoral College, candidates pick battlegrounds and actually meet voters, meaning they can win by being a better candidate/person, and don't just have to be the richest. Candidates also have to spend less time fundraising.
B) Sure, the Electoral College might elect a loser every once in a while but it shows the importance of having a diverse electorate and appealing to people in many states. One easy fix I have for this is so, when nobody gets 270 EVs, the winner of the popular vote wins instead. That would reduce the already low probability of an EC win PV loss
C) Sure, ties are chaotic, and that's why my above plan should exist.
D) Sure, many states get ignored, but it might be better if a candidate spends more time in Florida than Kansas. Also, how would candidates know where to campaign with no Electoral College?
Well, the point I make is this: Just pick to two most populous states: CA and TX. No sane candidate campaigns in these two states, because they're safe D/R. Actually very unfair.
An option to prevent a popular vote loser from winning an EC majority (like in 2000) would be at-large electoral votes. Let's say you have a number of electoral votes that are awarded to the national popular vote winner.
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