# Electoral College v. Popular Vote - How Big Is Too Big? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 10, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-v-popular-vote-how-big-is-too-big/920262 "2020-09-10T14:14:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 206
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-v-popular-vote-how-big-is-too-big/920262/206 "2020-09-16T16:52:35Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Lastly, if you were designing a new American constitution from scratch, how many of you would copy the current system and, if so, why? Wasn’t there a thread similar to this? Many of the ideas were absolutely horrible. Ah here we go: > [@How should the US Constitution be amended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-us-constitution-be-amended/854408): > > With an eye towards polling this fine group about how the US Constitution should be amended, I hereby throw open the floor to real, honest, legitimate suggestions. I will cull the best ones, and/or the most popular ones as deemed by me, into a poll later. What do you Dopers say? How should the United States Constitution be amended? As for myself, I suggest the following amendments be made: Amend the Second Amendment, specifying that individuals may own firearms as they deem reasonably necess… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-v-popular-vote-how-big-is-too-big/920262)._