It has its ups and downs, I haven't really made up my mind about it.
On one hand Gore won the popular vote and Bush is in the white house which sucks.
However, if we didn't have the electoral college then the candidates would spend all of their time in NY, CA, and a few other states and never visit or really care about rural america.
As for being "motivated" to vote because you know which candidate your state is going to vote for....that's total bullshit.
Voting is your civic responsibility period......lots of people died so we could have the right to vote and I take that seriously.
Not to mention there's lots of other things on the ballot besides the presidential race that are important to your community.
