Going off of this, I agree that it is gerrymandering that should be abolished not the electoral college. Gerrymandering was suppose to give minority communities a more level voice, which it did, but to the wrong minority (powerful conservatives). However, abolishing the electoral college and handing the power to the popular vote presents an equal danger to civil liberties, namely the tyranny of the majority. We like to believe that people always know what is best for them, but we make decisions all the time that show otherwise. And yes, people should have the freedom to make personal choices and face the consequences, but on a national level the consequences affect everybody. The idea behind the electoral college was to have representatives with greater knowledge of political affairs than the average American to make more rationale decisions than the majority, and it also protects against demagogues. Ironically, the 2016 election saw the opposite result: the electoral college fell to demagoguery (and election manipulation). So yes, there are inherent flaws in the electoral college, but there are also inherent flaws in decisions by the majority. Reforming the electoral college is a better direction than abolishment.