Direct popular vote should replace the electoral college in U.S. presidential elections.

I'll first go over my opponents case then back over my own.Refutation for Contention 1: When looking at the history of our great nation, it is easy to see that the Founding Fathers played a very significant role in shaping the outcome of our nation. However, they were human. An integral characteristic of humanity is to make mistakes. We cannot pretend that our Founding Fathers were omnipotent, all knowing gods who could never make a mistake. That would be illogical. Rather, let's take each of their ideas and decide upon them individually.They came up with the Electoral College as a way to vote on presidential elections. However, back in the 1700s, they were unable to envision the future of our democracy. They could not have seen the distortion created by the electoral college. Yes, maybe the Electoral College was a good way to go in the 1700s, but times have changed. And it's the time the United States adopted a policy where every vote counts equally: the direct popular vote.Refutation for Contention 2:My opponent seems to believe that with a direct popular vote, small states will disappear from the map. This simply isn't the case. In an era of mass media, very few citizens actually get to meet a candidate, much less talk with them. Small states will still be vitally important to each and every election as there are millions of undecided voters within each state. Small states will still have a voice, yet with the direct popular vote, that voice will become more porportionate.Back to my own case:Contention One: The goal here is to get every state to have a porportionate voice, something not achieved by the Electoral College. A porportionate voice is exactly what the Direct Popular Vote would give us.Contention 2:In the Bush v. Gore election of 2000, the votes in Florida were still up in the air. The decision of the presidency came down to just a few people. Imagine had these few decided to go against popular opinion. They would have changed the course of this nation. Though yes, it is a rare occurence, we still should not chance the fate of our nation with just a few people. Let's not take the risk. Vote for the Direct Popular Vote.Contention 3: My opponent fails to realize that the Electoral College also has integral flaws. Look to my Duke Chronicle evidence, it shows that states like Indiana are still left out of the races. Instead of arbitrarily mandating which small states should recieve a disporportionate amount of power, we should allow candidates to freely choose where to go and give all states a porportionate voice. I'll simply list my questions, my opponent must answer each question.1) Were the Founding Fathers always right?2) Could the Founding Fathers have predicted the distortion in our democracy today? 3) You said "Any form of democracy is not desirable because it assists in the gradual destruction of a republican government...". So please explain why our citizens vote at all if democratic voting is inherently detrimental. 4) Please cite an instance in the U.S. that democracy has turned "into a government rule of the few that denies individual liberties"?5) Was the Bill of Rights not meant to protect individual liberties?6) Can we not have democracy and liberties?7) Why do smaller states have to be represented disporportionately?8) Wouldn't small states shall have their voice, their vote, during elections?9) Shouldn't the most citizens be represented? a.k.a the larger states?10) In an era of media, it is necessary for all citizens to get up close and personal to each and every single candidate?11) Is the Electoral College not, in essence, a direct popular vote by state? 12) Why should a vote in Wyoming be worth 4 times as much as a vote in California?13) What is the ideal vote value?14) As you well know I'm sure, in the Bush/Gore election, the crucial votes in Florida came down to a few electors. Would we even want to chance the outcome of an entire presidential election by giving all the power to just a few people? 15) Should voting power be porpotional to population?I urge an affirmative vote.