People talk about abolishing the Electoral College system. If that happened, how many candidates would run in the general election for president? ~

Seven? Eight? If we had a national popular vote system, lots of people could run and a candidate could be elected with 30% or less of the vote. Never mind what the Trump people are screaming about now, imagine the potential for election cheating and fraud in a system like that.

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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

It will never happen. But, if it could, then we need to also develop a rank voting system. If more than 2 run, one votes ranking choices. That way third party candidates have a better break and won't pull down another candidate.