About the Electoral College

Regardless of how this election turns out, there will be calls to end the Electoral College. It cannot go anywhere. The Electoral College is an artifact of the Senate and having a presidency. This nation is not designed to be a direct democracy. It is a coalition of states, even with the passage of the 14th Amendment (which defanged local reactionaries once America paid attention). America will not become a unitary Republic. If it were to be so, we would not need a President or a Senate. Nancy Pelosi would be our Head of Government. For this year, that would have been a good thing - but remember that we would have also had Newt Gingrich and Paul Ryan in the same rolls. No and no! 

The sane alternative is regional governance. If we had regional caucuses and regional vice presidents, the heat would go down and the design of bicameralism and a strong executive would again be seen as wise. Small and large states have different interests, even with parties. Regions with a California, a Texas or a New York would have to have Senates. The only alternatives is to break up the large states or consolidate the low population states. That would be the same thing as having regions.