At the point the electoral college becomes a factor all the primaries are already ran and there are only two candidates with a chance at the election. Perot cam

At the point the electoral college becomes a factor all the primaries are already ran and there are only two candidates with a chance at the election. Perot came closer in the past, but there hasn't been any third party candidate since with a shot at the election. Having something like instant runoff would be nice to enable more third-party candidates to make a multi-election push at the presidency but just doing a single-turn popular vote simple majority would be a very big improvement on the current mess.