text: To start with, the election should be decided using popular voting because it would make the election process easier.  If one were to read the information of the electoral college he or she would become easily confused.  It would make more sense to just switch over to a popular voting rather than stick with the electoral college.  Its simple, if a candidate were to recieve more votes than his or her opponent he or she would win the election and become president.  Rather than now with the whole "Voters vote not for the president, but for the slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." mess.  In the section "What's wrong with the electoral college" the text states that sometimes voters get confused about the electors and end up voting for the wrong candidate.  Clearly, it would be a lot easier to rid of the electoral college and instead adopt the idea of using popular voting.