re: #170 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Funny that Trump has broached something I agree with. I think that the EC should be kept on but kick in if no candidate gains a clear majority of the popular vote.

Otherwise we need a runoff system or a first-past the post. I could deal with the former but not the latter.

Trump and Bush would still have won under that criteria. Neither Clinton nor Gore got a clear majority of the popular vote, just clear pluralities.

I’d scrap the EC entirely and either just go with popular vote winner or top two run off.