....Small states have the Senate as a check on the will of large states and that's more than enough. The reasons the framers created the electoral college no longer exist (relatively low population slave states.) Modern democracy was in its infancy back then, and many of the founders simply did not trust the will of the "rabble" (Adams.) Our world is vastly different than theirs and we have decades upon decades of precedence that shows democratically elected government is stable long term. Personally, I think we need to ditch the whole, creaking edifice of American democracy and adopt a modern, parliamentary system. Our liberal democracy prototype is out dated, ineffective and needs to be replaced. Won't happen in my lifetime, but I can dream.