[Toughy]

The states that have a Republican Governor and a Republican Secretary of State are going to be very scary. Don't forget Penn and FL among others.

As to the electoral college. I have very mixed feelings. In order to win the popular vote a candidate would only have to focus on 10 to 15 population centers in the country. New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas and all the rural non-urban parts of the country would never see a candidate...don't need them or their vote to win. Rural and urban are two very different things with very different needs and it would be a shame to dilute out those non-urban votes as unnecessary....Sure you can mandate voting but it worries me that parts of the voting public would be less informed than they are now (which is also scary). because of limited to no access to the candidates. I can't remember where I read the article talking about this, but it certainly gave me pause.