[decimon]

Barack Obama is for getting rid of the Electoral College asap, while, as far as I know, John McCain isn’t for getting rid of it. Truly getting rid of it would take away the political clout of all fifty states and would only allow the most populated states to always be the ones who completely decide who the POTUS will be.

I thought this from the article interesting: "The intricacies of the Electoral College system are woven into a system that has proved viable for over 200 years."

[okie01]

The Electoral College system is equivalent to the Major League Baseball System.

I.e., how should we determine the winner of the World Series?

Shall it be the team which wins four out of seven games? Or shall it be the team which scores the most runs over the course of seven games?