The election process

As our class took a look at what goes into an election. From the preliminaries to the electoral college our class gained a better understanding of how presidents are elected and state officials are selected. Within this system is the electoral vote system. I came to the understanding of how flawed and outdated this system is. It makes a complexity out of a simple process that should just be popular vote. It has many downsides that far out weigh its few and irrelevant "benefits."
The electoral college gives some citizens more say in the government than other, detracts from ones will to vote, and can end up with a president that does not have a majority of the population on that canidates side.
Because of the ensured three electoral votes per state, some very unpopulated states hold citizens whos votes account for upwards of three times the voting power of a Florida resident. This is not what democracy is all about. Also the average voter may have much trouble in seeing how their vote effects the outcome the the election.