Some of the 'problem' has been brought on by the election of Senators mitigating the balance of powers among the States. Before we change a syustem inculcated in our Constitution, we must rigidly work within the system. Otherwise we are all mere 'progressives' blowing the political winds.
Such an amendment wouldn't even get a simple majority of the senators. I really seriously anywhere close to the required 38 states(3/4ths of the total number) would ratify.
We lost a large part of our republic when the senators were allowed to run for popular vote. The electoral college is the only bulwark remaining between us and dictatorship. Mob rule destroys any protection for the minority, a necessity for a potential authoritarian leader.