I ' m not arguing that it would be bad to get rid of the Electoral College . But I ' m being pragmatic . What I ' m arguing is that it would be politically easier and thus a more pragmatic , realistic approach to reform the proportion of votes in the Electoral College rather than trying to repeal it . Reform it first , then try to repeal it later . My suggested reforms would fix all of the problems that people have with the Electoral College . I haven ' t done the math yet , but I ' m confident this would have allowed the popular vote winner to win . <| sep |> i have troubles with these pictures . is this real ? some sort of camera trick to make it look like a model or something ? seriously i don ' t get it . feel like i was slipped some acid . what ' s going on