[Superman]

jm, we're the only industrialized country on the planet with a democracy that's not decided by popular vote. And if voting and citizenship is about people, then why would we want to essentially make rural votes count more than urban ones? Finally, it is my understanding that the Electoral College was created for a very simple reason. Delegates from the colonies had to ride horses, carrying their colony's wishes, to the voting place in order to be counted. There was no telephone, etc. Each carried a certain number of votes, according to the relative populations of the colonies. I don't think it has, or should have, anything to do with reducing the clout of populated areas.