There are two main problems with US elections: 1) that we don't regulate the financing of them with non-partisan government oversight, and 2) that the winner take all system hasn't been reformed to allow for some form of proportional representation.

I'm not convinced that scrapping the electoral college and simply going with the winner of the majority popular vote takes all system is a cure.

I do think we could keep some form of the electoral college to protect the interests of smaller states, and balance the power of the regions better, while reforming the electoral college into some sort of proportional representation system to select the president and vice president through our electoral college representatives, not our Congressional representatives. I also think the electoral college representatives would have to be bound to vote according to the popular vote, which they aren't right now.

The other major reform has to be some sort of institution with a reputation like the League of Women Voters, to be appointed as the regulators of election financing. All donations should go into a single pot and be distributed, and campaign advertising should be regulated too. This election year, Americans saw twice as many campaign advertisements as in 2000. Where is it all going to end? Where is all this money in elections leading the nation? Those are the questions we need to be asking, but not asking of our fat cat politicians who are making a financial killing out of their "public service".