C19th Anachronism. Get rid of it. Count the popular vote properly and use that. Please!! The college should go the way of the conventions. byeeeee!!

From Rebecca's Pocket: "The prospect of a tied electoral college has been getting a lot of play this week. Since this would result in a state-by-state vote by the House of Representatives, it would result in another Bush administration. But everyone has left out an important detail--except for Electoral-Vote.com:

While the Democrats have a chance to recapture the majority of seats in the
House, they have no chance in the world to capture a majority of the state
delegations, especially since a number of the states in the West have one or
two (well-entrenched) Representatives. " Read the whole post at Rebecca's Pocket.