[snowman1]

As much as I hate to say it "I agree with this DemoRAT". The electoral college has long outlived it's usefulness. With todays communications setup we don't need it.

[SauronOfMordor]

The electoral college has long outlived it's usefulness. With todays communications setup we don't need it.

Two things that argue in facor of the EC

1. The EC system tends to give the election to the candidate with the WIDEST support, in the sense that somebody with 51% support in a large majority of the states will beat somebody with 99% support in a handful of populous states. This helps avoid regional animosity. As others have noted, without the EC, the Pres would be picked by the 20 biggest cities
2. Even bigger reason, when you consider the election-fraud record of major cities in the US: it limits the ability of corrupt big-city machines to steal elections