True, the Electoral College was put in place way back in the late 1700's and is outdated now - as it has been for at least 150 years.

However, it is part of the Constitution and thus would take a Constitutional Amendment to remove it. I really do not see any Congress and a President all in agreement in this amendment at the same time. It would then have to be ratified by 3/4 of the states which would take more than one President's term.

Politics, huh?