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D. An (slightly) alternate solution.
I like the fact that the presidential campaign is, in essence, fifty-one smaller campaigns. So, I don’t mind the theory behind the current set-up.
The one small change I would make is getting rid of the actual electors. Instead of electing a slate of electors, have each state count for a number of points (calculated the same way that the current Electoral Votes are calculated). The winner is the first candidate that gets a majority of the points.
What does this do? It gets rid of potential faithless electors (electors who vote for candidates other than those whom they are pledged to vote for).
The Wolf