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Not really hearing anything that changes my mind. I don't see the problem in popular vote, it works for every other election. My understanding (and this might way oversimplify matters) is that the Electoral Collge system came about because in a large nation, BACK THEN, there would be too many candidates from different areas of the country to reach a national consensus on a president. The senators and congressmen would be more in tune with the issues, whereas the public at large would not, being the stay-at-hone ranchers, cowboys, farmers, etc that didn't have access to alot of national news.
I did like the step that Colorado took in the last election in that it is evidently legal for a state to divide up the Electorial College votes and delagete them in the ratio of the popular vote. In other words one party obtained 60% of the vote, then 60% of the votes went to those Electors, so sort of emulated the popular vote, but I still think for the Presidential Election there is no longer a valid reason not to have popular vote. It should be changed, NOW.
Gilly
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