Presidential Nominations and the Electoral College

I think that we have all come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a perfect government. No matter what, there will always be flaws with every law, bill, and process and someone will always be unhappy with the decisions that are made. So, the question arises of whether to "fix" certain processes or leave them as is. One discussion we had in class had to do with the primary process in the U.S. It seemed that most of the class thought a change should occur and I agree with that. However, the same problems seemed to arise in most of the proposals - small states not getting the same recognition as larger states and/or the later voting states not be as important as the earlier voting states. Also, it is hard to say what will happen for sure, because in this year's primary the later voting states played a significant role in choosing the democratic candidate.

As I mentioned, nothing is perfect so if a process works 98% of the time, is it worth changing to another process that will probably only work 98% of the time? I'm not saying that if a system or process is seriously flawed that it shouldn't be changed, but when only 3 problems (such as in the Electoral College process) have emerged then is it significant? The Electoral College is based upon state representation in Congress. If people do not find the Electoral College to be fair, does that mean that the representation in Congress is unfair? Should the number of representatives be changed if the Electoral College is removed? Some people wanted a proportionate representation from the Electoral College instead of a winner-take-all. However, since a candidate has to have a majority from the Electoral College will this cause more instances of leaving it up to Congress to choose the President? Will this actually take more power away from the people? I think that a system in which the popular voted candidate has won the election in all instances except for 3 is a process worth keeping. I realize that nobody wants any flaws in such an important process as the presidential election, but a perfect process is unrealistic.