To those of you who didn't know this, please make sure you're sitting down, as the following may come as a shock to you:
The people do not directly elect the president of the United States. The president is elected via the Electoral College, in which state electors decide which president to elect, taking into consideration the political leanings of the majoirty of the people in each state. They have "all or nothing" policies which account for red or blue states, which means that entire states are cast in favor of specific candidates in accordance with a majority of the population (i.e. 51% of the people voting one way).

I for one, think this practice should be abolished and the president should be elected via direct popular vote, especially in this new age of corruption.

I'm tired of having my vote cancelled out by someone else simply because 51% of the state population thinks differently. This is a particularly significant problem in heavily populated states, like my native California, because current electoral law says that if 6 million people vote one way, the remaining 5 million votes are discounted. That's not democracy. That's not even a republic, that's just tyranny by (a practically nonexistant) majority. I shouldn't have to move to Arkansas just so I can have my vote count.

How does everyone else feel about this? Should we switch to a popular vote?