You won't get rid of the electoral college. To do so would require a Constitutional amendment. Any amendment has to be ratified by 3/4 of the States. Not by 3/4 of the population of the country, by 3/4 of the States, each voting individually. All of the less populated states have more power under the present system than they would in a nationwide direct popular vote. What would be the point of their voting in favor of the amendment? I'm not about to say, "Oh dear, Vermont has more power in Presidential elections than it should, it's not right, we should give some of it up, the people in New York and California are smarter than us anyway...." F*** that.

What MIGHT be done is to modify the rules for the College so that each State's votes are cast in as near as feasible proportion to the popular vote in that State, rather than winner-take-all. Individuals' votes would be more meaningful. And I don't THINK you'd have to mess with the Constitution to do that.

Peter.