seekliberation: > Either do away with the electorate, or another option > is to divide the electorate by counties, rather than > states... > The reason we have an electoral College is to keep the city-slickers from electing their own politicians all the time.
A popular vote could permit a particular group or region of the country to exert undue influence. If states were to go to proportionaal allocation, then a presidential election recount, like the one in Florida in 2000, would have to be done in practically every state - elections then would be a nightmare.
