Has the time come to abolish the Electoral College???

No it isnt. You want a good example of why not? Look at NY state. I grew up there and hoped to settle down there after military service. That wont be happening. Why? NYC hold most of the population of NYS. The voted in so many messed up laws that help them but screwed up the rest of the state. The people in upstate dont have a voice anymore. Just looking at the map that LTC Curlee provided shows you that. I for one enlisted to "Support and defend the Constitution of the United States" not to chop it up when it doesnt fit my or anyone elses political view.

NO. it protects the nation from the "tyranny of the majority". Why should California and NY (and I'm a NY'er, but way too many liberals here) determine how things work for people in Louisiana or North Dakota or the other 46! I like to tell NY'ers that LOTS of Americans-especially those west of the Delaware water gap-think VERY different from NYers, and for GOOD reasons.

Founding Fathers created the Electoral College because it provided stability to the process of picking our presidents. The system empowered the states, especially those smaller states with lower population. The Electoral College afforded the incentive for presidential candidates to appeal at counties that may be far from the metroplitan areas. Most importantly we have had 200 years of success in electing our President.

NO, NO, No, it's not. People in less densely populated areas won't have a vote. example. northern California. No electoral collage there in place to help their community. Representation there in non existent for them. Think it out so you don't do away something you may wish you had later.

I hear this cry often....usually because the people crying do not understand WHY the founding fathers created the Electoral College.... Benjamin Franklin was against "one man ; one vote" democracies....he equated it to "two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch" ....a process that would leave half the nation without a voice in government.... just in the last election....without an electoral college only a small part of California and a couple of large metropolitan areas would control the entire nation WHILE the people in most of the other states would have no voice..... the "needy and greedy" (wolves) would run the nation. The electoral college is vital to the nation

NO! I for one do not need or want California and New York determining the outcome of every damned election. Additionally, I seriously doubt you will find 34 states to pass it.

Thankfully, the idea of a Constitutional Amendment to remove the Electoral College from Article II will NEVER happen. For those who are uneducated about the electoral process will learn that by eliminating the Electoral College, we would be removing at least two-thirds of the states from the process, as only a handful of large states will be needed to win the presidency. Small states like Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Deleware, Montana, Iowa, Kansas, etc, will no longer be needed and will not see candidates, as all efforts will be focused on the 'relevant' states. Anyone who thinks that is an effective way of electing our President, you don't live in an 'irrelevant' state.

Absolutely not. Electoral college keeps the field level between high populated states and those states less populated. Doing away with the college will allow states to Lord over other states.

I say the Electoral Collage should stay. As a conservative I saw the other side win because of the ELECTORAL COLLAGE TOO. It's time the left grew up and see a doctor or something. Their behavior is so childish. And to think they wil get to lead this great country again some day. We can be assured our country is in deep trouble then. President Trump has to obey the Constitution, NOT allow the judges to make law as has happened for eight years. Get a grip and get on with life.

No. Puts to much electoral power in the hands of largely populated states whose culture, economies, and other dynamics are unique to the state and not representative of the unique needs of other states.