Can Trump pull a Nixon?: The new president can help end the outdated Electoral College

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : It hasn't been reported how Donald Trump celebrated his official election this week, but I have an idea how he should mark the occasion.
59% : One would expect a liberal member of Congress to urge this change -- and, in fact, three U.S. Democratic senators last week introduced such an amendment -- but it would be real news if Trump came out for the direct election of the president and vice president as part of his program to make America great.
55% : So, now, after years of deriding the United States Constitution, the judicial process, and the rule of law in general, Trump could offer up his own 180-turnabout moment by embracing one of the most important democratic reforms in American history -- a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College.
55% : And although he benefited from it in 2016, then-President Trump reiterated his preference for a popular election on "Fox & Friends" two years later, in 2018.
54% : The 538 presidential electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. just met to cast their ballots for president and vice president, and -- no surprise -- Donald Trump and JD Vance beat Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, 312-226. These electors were voted into office on Nov. 5, and were required to gather in their respective home states on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December.
54% : According to the Pew Research Center, almost two-thirds of the country favors the direct election of president, so Trump has the opportunity to get in front of the parade.
47% : His embrace of this democratic reform might be stupefying to many of us, but, of course, Trump would love the delicious irony.
41% : Call me crazy, but if Nixon can go to China, Trump can send the Electoral College into the dustbin of history where it belongs.
39% : Is it possible that Trump has the guts to put his money where his mouth is on this issue?
37% : In fact, if Trump were to do this, it would not be a pure Nixonian about-face because he is already on record supporting this reform.
35% : President Trump can show he still believes what he said a dozen years ago, that the Electoral College should be replaced by the American way of voting -- whoever gets the most votes, wins.
29% : Even in the four elections where the winner of the Electoral College vote did not win the national popular vote (including Trump in 2016), the loser, albeit grudgingly, accepted the outcome.
28% : I know it may be hard to believe that Trump would do this, but if Nixon can raise a glass to Premier Zhou Enlai in Beijing, then Trump can help democratize our elections.

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