What are the pros and cons of the electoral college?

Advantages:

• smaller states remain important to candidates
• candidates don’t need to travel the whole country
• recounts are easier because officials can isolate the issue in one state

Disadvantages:

• lots of voters feel their vote does not matter
• too much power resides in swing states (see below)
• the popular vote winner can lose the election (more on that later)
• risk of fake electors (more follows on that too)