text: A popular vote system would be more fair then having other people, who use favoritism, choose a president for you.  Plumer also said ". . . according to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters prefer a direct election to the kind we have now."  That's just one example of the popular vote losing presidency because of the electoral college.  They should change the system so the is a tie in votes from the U.S. citizens, then the Electoral College should come into use.  It would make the system fair and a majority of citizens would not be upset.  Having no electoral college would also make more people vote too.  Some people do vote  because they feel like there is no reason to when they have no say in who gets elected.  If they heard that the elections for now on were based on popularity, they might even be the first in line.