text: In my opinion I think we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I think we should change because under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elects the president. for example, if you lived in Texas and you wanted to vote for John Kerry you would vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to kerry. If those electors won the statewide election, they would go to congress and get 34 electoral votes. The electors can be anyone not holding office. Voters cannot control whom thier electors vote for.