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by MichaelBurge 3501 days ago
The electoral college doesn't need to change. The two bigger problems to me are:

* Winner-takes-all means that in any state that is %60/%40, the 40%'s votes don't affect the election at all.

* Congressmen are representing too many people.

If more states worked like Nebraska and Maine, then people in rural counties in California could decide a few seats on the electoral college. And there's an amendment outstanding to change the number of representatives:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Apportionment_Am...

Ranked choice voting is also interesting, but I think not as important right now.