According to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., if the Electoral College of the United States was abolished, the collapse of the already weakened two-party political system would be fast tracked; resulting in multiplication of splinter parties. In his opinion, this would encourage single-issue ideologues (those who blindly support a particular idea or set of ideas) and eccentric millionaires to venture into the presidential race and make it difficult for major party candidates to win popular-vote majorities.