11-10-2016, 03:47 AM
LJay Wrote:Seems that Hillary is more than 20,000 votes ahead in the popular vote. The electoral college has got to go.
The biggest hindrance, form an outsider's point of view, is that an entire state goes to a mere simple majority, even if that majority is just a few hundred votes. Florida, Florida and its headache-inducing uncertainty comes to mind.
I would also vouch for popular vote, but then again it's a country of 300 million people....popular vote on that scale demands heavy logistics.
Another bad thing, not uncommon in other countries, is the de facto duopole that 2 parties enjoy, in a nominally multi-party democracy. In this instance, in which both candidates were iffy at best, a strong third option would have been ideal.