Now, we pat ourselves on the back. In most elections, most people don't vote. They might not care, they might not like the choices, they might think that voting only encourages politicians, but for whatever reason, US voter turnout, even in presidential races, is much lower than in every other Western democracy. Of course, those democracies weren't designed in the 18th century. The Electoral College is getting the most attention now, but it's only the most visible way in which our leaders, true to the spirit of 1787, haven't trusted the citizenry to make truly independent choices about who governs them.
Radical problems demand radical solutions.
In theory, it keeps smaller states relevant. In practice, it means every state where one contestant is polling over 55 percent is ignored by the candidates and votes for the losers don't count. Amend the constitution to specify that campaign contributions are not a constitutionally protected form of free speech. That's right, ban them. We do it with tobacco ads, which are a lot less harmful.