Comment Ugh (Score 1) 1088
Yes, let's make the system even more complicated by adding more exceptions to the system. That will solve it's problems?
Seriously though, the electoral college system actually makes the most sense for the US. The popular vote is not a good statistical sample because a greater fraction of people from some regions may vote than from others.
A popular vote over a territory as large as the united states wouldn't work because local weather conditions, or local ballot box stuffing would have a disproportionate effect on the popular vote, whereas in the electoral system they are weighted against the local population.
The only "unfair" aspect of the electoral system is that states with low populations get disproportionate representation.