Though this inspired by The Captain's thread, i think u will see they are 2 different subjects if not feel free to close it.

Well we in America have a serious problem with the way we manage the election process. We have a completely obsolete system (electoral college) that is extremely falable. And sometimes makes people think their vote doesnt count, for example if i lived in Texas and wanted to vote for Kerry in 2004, or California and wanted to vote for Kerry in 2004, neither of those votes really counted. They WERE counted, but in the grand scheme of things they really didnt make a difference.

The electoral college was created to keep 1 state from continually electing their candidates into office, i dont think theres any scenario that it still applies to today.

Also another problem with voting is the electoral college is inherently unfair, for example if u lived in Montana(Popuation:902,195 from census 2000), then you would have 3 electoral votes, and if i lived in Washington State(Population:5,894,121 from 2000 census) i would have 11 electoral votes. Therefore Montana has 1 vote per approx. 300732 people now if the electoral college was balanced PROPERLY then Washington state would have about 19 votes. So u see the little states have more power than the states with larger populations. Not that it affected this recent presidential election, but i suspect it may have affected the 2000 election. Which would totally change the world as we Americans know it.

So based on ur own research, and the evidence ive provieded u, do u think it may be time to do away with this... outdated voting system?