and smaller states would also be ignored on the campagin trail
yeah, it's a shame candidates will no longer try for places like North Dakota and Wyoming.
Seriously, the Electoral College doesn't force candidates to campaign in the whole country, just swing states. The entire election basically comes down to Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Well over half the country in safe states is completely ignored, including some strong swing regions (upstate New York and downstate Illinois being the two classic examples.) Time to abolish it. No reason the election should be done any differently than state elections, you don't see states using some sort of county electoral college.
