Here's the problem with the electoral college in one sentence: it means that one person does not equal one vote, the supposed foundation of our democracy.
Without going into all the history or details, the electoral college unfairly gives a voter in less populated states more influence than another in more populous ones. For example, Wyoming has 3 electoral votes. Based on population, California, which actually has 59 electoral votes, should have over 100 on a comparative basis.
If this kind of sheer discrimination were based on race (like a slave = 3/5 of a human being for representation purposes, though not for voting, in the original Constitution) it would never be permitted today. Except for the fact that the Electoral College is in the Constitution, it would clearly be unconstitutional, like other sections that have already been amended.
Republicans argue that the Electoral College keeps smaller population states from being ignored in an election. (Oh yeah? How many campaign trips did Trump make to Idaho or Alaska?) This is just more of their unending, lying, hypocritical b.s. In fact, the opposite is true: the Electoral College is severely biased against, and ignores the votes of many more people in larger states.
The fact is, land does not vote for President by square mileage.
States should not vote for President (as the Constitution still dictates), especially against the will of its citizens.
People should vote for the President, with equal votes. Period. That way neither large nor small states have an unfair advantage.
Since less populous state’s legislatures will selfishly NEVER go along with a Constitutional amendment to fix this, the best solution is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (Google it), already passed by several states, which would require an entire state’s electoral votes to be committed to the candidate who wins the most (popular/people) votes nationwide. If enough states with 270 or more combined electoral votes agree to the compact, the popular vote will become the vote. It is way past time that this abomination from the 1700’s should be changed, like slavery and women’s suffrage were.
It may not be possible to achieve this result, but at least the argument should be winnable. All citizen’s and their votes ought to be equal, undiluted by states, an antiquated system, political power, or any other factors.