The Electoral College was created so large states couldn’t overrun small states. If the popular vote controlled the presidency, then a candidate need only win a few heavily populated states. That isn’t healthy for our country or Washington.
Solution? Not a constitutional amendment and the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is going nowhere. The Electoral College can work as intended.
Forty-eight states are winner-take-all for electors. That is out of sync with its popular vote. If electors mirrored votes, it would allow minorities to be heard. States can make that change, without a constitutional amendment. To work effectively, all states should change.
With this change, much power would be returned to the voters. Imagine what that could do for a third party. Surveys show that the majority of Americans feel unrepresented by either of the current parties.
