Changing from the Electoral College to the Popular Vote is important for the following reasons:

1) The Electoral College is an archaic system that has become superfluous. The electoral college was incredibly necessary in olden times when votes had to be collected in paper form and sent to the capital by horse. With our advancements in technology, and the ease of casting votes electronically, the nation should turn toward the popular vote.

2) The Electoral College is unfair to the people. With the way the electoral college is set up it makes some citizens' vote count for less. If we were to switch to the Popular vote then everyone's vote would be equal. This set up also creates an elitist group of voters who do not have to vote the way their state intends them to vote.

3) Abolishing the Electoral College in favour of the Popular vote would make candidates focus on people instead of states. This is self explanatory. The goal of the government is to serve the people. I'm not talking about social services here. With the way the Electoral College is set up a person can become president by winning only 22% of the popular vote. This is ridiculous.

As for the Alternative vote, it would abolish the two party system and first past the post voting. The two party has become stagnant and corrupt system. (That is right I said it!). First past the post (FPtP) allows for minority rule and eventully leads to inevitable two party system. This is where Alternative vote comes in. A person ranks the candidates in order of most favourite to least. This simulates multiple elections where the least popular candidate is eliminated until the majority winning is elected. This system produce winners that a greater number of citizens can agree on. It also allows for more more ideals on the political spectrum to voice their opinion. This also means that the two big parties can not be as complacent as before and must campaign harder to convince voters to elect them.