I enjoyed your article, but disagree with scrapping the electoral college system. The founders installed the system so populous areas wouldn’t rule the country at the expense of less populous areas. They were firm disbelievers in a ‘democracy’ per se as opposed to a representative republic. They saw tyranny of the majority destroy many civilizations, particularly in ancient Greece. In those times, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston would have likely set the agenda for the early U.S. versus other areas of the country. The electoral college system was their way of solving this problem. If it wasn’t in existence, New York, California, and Texas metros would set the agenda for the country at the expense of less populous areas currently. Even a modification could lead to lots of problems, mainly because we’ve been things this way for so long. I agree that the current electoral college system isn’t perfect, but I think modifying or scrapping it could lead to lots more problems than it may solve.
