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Popular vote isn't that big a deal though. The founding fathers wanted each state to have a representative amount of voting power for their state, depending on its population, knowing that not everyone would vote. So it does make sense, even if it doesn't seem to. But it doesn't seem right to give a candidate electoral votes for a state they won on a very small margin. That's odd. Makes more sense to divide them up based on percentage, if the margin is too low. I have no suggestions on what the margin should be though.
Other problems that should be fixed, but no one will
1. Third party votes are designed to take away from the candidates that have a chance to win; states that were close could have been decided differently if the third party votes had a secondary vote for trump or Clinton and were reallocated to Clinton or Trump when it was clear that the third-party lost.
2. About half the population doesn't vote.
3. A lot of people have to work and can't just leave for a couple hours to vote.
4. It's hard to really be informed. Aside from what the candidates say, you never know if they are sincere. And each party spins things for their own agendas.
5. There needs to be a fair platform so that third party candidates can get their names out there and have some air time. As it is now, Republicans and Democrats get all of the major coverage, including debates (though maybe very few watch those).
6. personal responsibility - Citizens need to have at least a passive role in the election process and in investing some time to learn about each candidate, so that they can come to their own seemingly informed decision; and they should be somewhat open to discussion and seeing value in what another says or thinks. Elections now seem most about shit-slinging and offensive rhetoric between people that have already dedicated themselves to one party over another. And everyone feeds on it, especially the extremists. And it's not really helpful at all.