How do you think the US should select its President?

Take it in turns, can't be more democratic than that.

alphabetically, so come on down President Aaron Aardvark

ok, your term is up, next please.

I thought President Aardvark accomplished very little in his first term, shame really, I had such high hopes.

While I believe the electoral college had its uses,we have seen what can happen when something goes wrong.We have seen it is possible to lose the popular vote and still win the election.
But,the popular vote is just as prone to fraud and mistakes.IMHO,the best way is the way some other countries do it.
After the Senate and House elections,the leader of the party with the most people in congress should become the president.That way,it would be almost impossible to have vote fraud,and the party in power would have to continue its policies if it wants to keep the white house,or the president could be removed with a "no confidence"vote.

Electorial college -- perhaps some tweaking in how it works and voting machines that prevent fraud. Also, everyone getting out and voting!

I voted for flip a coin . . . then, if we catch the s./d.o.b. with his/her hand in the till, handin' out the goodies to his/her political cronies, we have him/her hung, drawn and quartered . . . then Steve goes to the back door of the White House, an' hollers 'NEXT" in his best, stentorian voice . . .

STENTORIAN
feel better for that!

Pretty much the same as now. That is, continue with electoral votes based on the number of Representatives and Senators per state, but maybe make that the final vote. The intermediate step involving the Electoral College itself and its electors seems unnecessary and even a little chancy in a close election. The method of allocating votes to individual states does seem the best accomodation between heavily populated states, and little old New Mexico - just as an example.

Flip a coin, it's better that allowing a biased organiztion such as the SCOTUS selecting the unPresident!

How about a gun dual between the candidates? c.i.

Puttin' a loaded gun in the Shrub's hands . . .

I shudder to think . . .

Setanta, He's a ChickenHawk, he won't know what to do with it!

Setanta, What better photo than shrub having a pistol in hand, cowbow hat and cowboy boots, sitting on a horse? c.i.

He wouldn't know what to do with a gun, besides the Shrubber already has the entire nuclear arsenal of the United States to play with.

They hid the keys, even the Republicans aren't that foolhardy . . .

Glad to hear it.

Has anyone suggested your president should be elected by universal suffrage yet? A wacky idea I know, but worth a try.

Pretty damned radical, there, boyo . . . by the by, how many votes did Elizabeth 2 poll ? I seem to disremember the actual count . . .

It wasn't so much votes as spermatozoa and ovum.