[frogjerk]

I am not a fan of the popular vote idea, but I have to admit that barely winning a state and getting all its Electoral Votes does seem disporportionate.

The title of the office is "President of the United States" not President of the American People.

[TADSLOS]

The title of the office is "President of the United States" not President of the American People.

Well said.

[CatOwner]

I understand, and given the choice, I would choose the current Electoral system over a popular vote 100 times out of 100.

I keep thinking about blending the Electoral system with the primary system. Winner of a state gets two Electoral votes, and the remainder of that state's Electoral votes would be prorated over the popular count. The only problem with this idea is that a scenario like 1992 (Perot) or 1968 (Wallace) would likely result in an Electoral College nightmare.