The first, of many, problems that the electoral college has is that it does not accurately represent the general population, aka those of which whom matter the most. The whole point behind the way our government is structured is to include the people's wants and needs, not to have a fixed system where citizens don't get either of those things. Another problem Joshua mentioned is that the number of states per vote are not equally dispersed between the states. Although size and and population can and should determine the number of votes, this still is not an accurate way to determine what we, as citizens, need. The reasoning behind this is that states are different sizes - meaning that in small states compared to larger states, votes matter more. This changes the value behind each vote, which completely throws off the system. Because of this, if you want your vote to contain more value, you must move to a smaller state. This obviously was not properly thought out by the creators of the Electoral College. Yet another flaw of this voting system is merely that this is a winner-tale-all system. A potential president can absolutely win the popular vote, but then lose in the Electoral College and thus lose their presidency for that term. How is this fair at all? This has happened on a couple of occasions, most notably with Al Gore. How can we let someone be president when they lost the vote of actual citizens? The popular vote, as Joshua mentioned, is undeniably a better representation of what the general population wants.
Although there hasn't exactly been a new system in place to replace the current one, I think that America should really start looking for one. We need a voting system where US Citizens, those who pay taxes and abide by the laws, are accurately represented when voting for their president.
