I believe the electoral college is an important check and balance for our voting system. I'm no expert on constitutional law but as an average Joe, it needs to remain in place. We have enough run away government spending as it is. Think of it, if people could vote in who they wanted with no other check system in place! We tend to vote for those who will give us what we want and we  want a lot! When wants trump, (sorry), needs, our nation goes broke even more than we are and faster. We'll be sorry if we ever delete the electoral vote.