The Constitution also specified whoever took second in the Electoral College was to become vice-president but we saw fit to change that. The Constitution isn’t written in stone and passed down from on high.
OK, work for a Constituitional amendment if you wish. Until then, candidates will try to win a majority of the votes in the electoral college. Should he or she succeed, he or she will win. It is almost that simple.
BTW, each state COULD chose to have their elector vote for the candidate who won the popular vote, no matter who won their state. If states who have a majority of the electoral votes choose this route, then our president would go to the candidate with the highest popular vote.
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BOTTOM LINE
There are two.
First, we can choose to change the compromise that we have had over the century, giving smaller states more power than their population would give them. This is the case in the Senate and in the Electoral College. Alternative, we can work to effect change.
For me, Democrats are wasting a lot of energy on trying to change the Constitution. They would be much better off working at the local and state level to become more popular. There are Democratic governors of rural states, and lots of other states that are Republican in presidential elections. There is no reason why a Democrat can't win in NC, GA or TX. However, such a victory takes a lots of work, and not just every four years.
