The fight to reform or abolish the electoral college began almost as soon as it was created, by those who created it. In 1802, Alexander Hamilton, one of the original architects of the electoral college, was so displeased with how it was being executed that he helped draft a constitutional amendment to fix it. Since then there have been more than 700 efforts to reform or abolish it, according to the Congressional Research Service reported the Washington Post
In a 2020 Gallup poll heading into the 2020 presidential election, three in five Americans favored amending the U.S. Constitution to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote system, marking a six-percentage point uptick since April 2019. This preference for electing the president based on who receives the most votes nationwide is driven by 89% of Democrats and 68% of independents. Far fewer Republicans, 23%, share this view, as 77% of them support keeping the current system in which the candidate with the most votes in the Electoral College wins the election.
George W. Bush in Bush vs Gore won his election in the Electoral College but lost the popular vote. Donald Trump won the presidency despite getting fewer popular votes than Hillary Clinton.
The January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol would not have happened if there was a popular vote system. There won’t be any fake electors. The Vice President’s job of ceremonial counting of electoral votes would be eliminated.
There are more than 80 countries that select their president by direct vote. That includes countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. If the election was simply by popular vote California, the north Atlantic seaboard, some “liberal” parts of Florida, and the Seattle metro area would likely determine the presidency. That is a good thing. It is where most of us live. The Red Area Features A Total Population Greater Than The Grey – Coast Contact (wordpress.com)
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