A new poll demonstrates strong support for amending the U.S. Constitution to abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a popular vote model.
Under the Electoral College — the archaic system of selecting the president of the United States — states are given electoral votes based on how many members of Congress they have.
Candidates obtain these votes by winning statewide races, or, in the case of Nebraska and Maine, by winning individual districts.
In most circumstances, the Electoral College selects the same winner a popular vote model would.
According to an Economist/YouGov poll published on Tuesday, a majority of Americans are in favor of such an amendment.
The survey found that 56 percent of Americans would approve of an amendment to abolish the Electoral College and replace it with a popular vote system.
Across the entire 21st century so far, more Americans than not have preferred changing the system of picking the president to a popular vote model. »
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