Al Gore Calls for End of Electoral College

[karynnj]

57. It didn't start with California

In fact, several states have already passed legislation that will lead to eliminating for all practical purposes the electoral congress when states with over the number of votes needed to elect the President pass it. Two leaders I have heard who proposed this a long time ago are Former Senator Birch Bayh and former Congressman John Anderson. http://www.fairvote.org/what-is-the-national-popular-vote-plan#.UEBsMsFmSO0

I think the move would have a MAJOR change in how we do elections and it would favor the Democrats. Imagine the excitement of large rallies in all big Democratic cities. Think of rallies in NYC's Central Park or the Boston Commons - something unlikely to be done in the general election now because neither NY or MA would be in play in a close election.

This would likely help candidates not favored by the media the most - both Kerry and Gore surprised crowds who actually saw them - by being far more interesting, funny and nice than the media stereotyped them. This would lead to far more people actually seeing our candidates.