 should michigan use the popular vote instead of the constitutional electoral college allocation in selecting the president  yes 0 0 votes no 88 15 votes undecided 12 2 votes total votes 17 electoral college and this is being proposed by a rep operative we are in more trouble than we knew i am glad saul is the former head of the rep party let us hope the new one has more constitutional knowledge than this dunce  electoral college i agree with the original comment through our constitution the founders formed a republic form of government not a democracy where all elections except president vp votes are determined strictly on popularity votes cast in the top national election the use of the electoral college is to balance the national needs of maintaining a republic now of 50 states so that we elect a national leader the matter of balancing the republic makes sure that no one issue place group etc dominates to the exclusion of other aspects necessary to maintain a nation of out of many one people and states the result of the civil war and our entire history as one nation would have very different if it weren t for these bedrock principles democrats will want to switch so that an alliance of the mega cities can overwhelm and dominate every other need and interest in the rest of the united states  