Opinions of abolishing Electoral College

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Of course it should be abolished, and the sooner the better. Whatever purpose indirect national elections served in the 18th century has long since been eclipsed by the reality of modern democracy. If we expect our leaders to represent and be accountable to the people, it is imperative that they be elected by... you know, the people.

For the record, I supported abolishing the electoral college long before this election.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

It would never happen, but I like the idea of each sate allocating their EVs via proportional representation. No idea who would have won this last election using that system, but I at least know that McMuffin would have gotten an EV from Utah.

Huh? What would be the point of this system? What benefit does it have over direct election?

It eliminates the disproportionate effect of winning big states by narrow margins. Under the current system, you can carry a state by .1% of the popular vote and win the same number of electors as if you carried it by 10%. This feature allows candidates to lose the popular vote but win the election by racking up narrow victories in key states. Under a proportional allocation system, close states would split their votes more or less evenly between the two candidates, making the popular vote margin much more important.