 ccrp poll is the electoral college obsolete  new poll poll results there is a serious effort to change the way we pick our president and both republicans and democrats alike are pushing this agenda in michigan republican saul anuzis is making the case for the popular vote option to the michigan legislature in the past the party has been steadfastly against the popular vote option the founders devised electoral vote system as a check to make sure the states had a say in who became president rather than the more populous states having a greater influence for an analysis of the issue click on this link   new poll question should michigan use the popular vote instead of the constitutional electoral college allocation in selecting the president  to vote in this poll click on this link  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote yes no undecided previous poll question should tax breaks be given to businesses that agree to keep their manufacturing operations in the united states yes 54 no 31 undecided 15   2011 all emails addresses  