The Electoral College

Many Americans are questioning the need for the Electoral College, and if we are better off changing the way it works, or just completely getting rid of it altogether. Personally, I think that it is a bad idea to completely get rid of the Electoral College. Most Americans aren't in touch with politics and would just vote based on what they see on TV. And if people believed everything in those political commercials, it would be bad. I think that changing the system from winner takes all to a more even system would be better. A system where a candidate gets electoral votes based on the percentage of the popular vote would be better. This would be more fair than having a candidate lose in a state by 0.3 percent but not get any votes from that state.