![Boondocks mocking the electoral college and vote or die](https://i0.wp.com/tradermike.net/movethecrowd/images/bo041021.gif?w=750)
![Boondocks mocking the electoral college part 2](https://i1.wp.com/tradermike.net/movethecrowd/images/bo041023.gif?w=750)
There’s a good article in the November Wired entitled “The Creative Math Behind Elections.” It breaks down the pros and cons of six different voting methods (plurality, instant runoff, Borda count, cumulative, approval, electoral college). You’ve gotta love this comment about the electoral college method: “It’s an embarrassing relic”. While none of the systems are perfect, they all seem better than the wack system we have now.