Do you believe every person's vote in the United States should count equally in the presidential election?
Yes or no? Simple question.
Every legal US citizen should cast one legitimate vote and it should count. That is layered by the electoral college.
This is a nice write up which is pretty accurate.
Why Was the Electoral College Created? - HISTORY
Remember - there were no political parties when the system was put into place.
George Washington advised us against partisan politics and it is manifesting as a serious problem. Throw your affiliation to the wind and vote for the right people at the right time. With everything that has come to light during the Trump presidency, many people see unhealthy signs. Way more scary than Donald Trump. Things like the FBI, CIA, NSA being used for partisan purposes. Most of the media being used as a Super PAC for the left. the education system being used to brainwash children. The attempt at re-writing history. The whipping up of people to start violence. City leaders telling the police to ignore action that at any other time would land people in jail.
The problem with a popular vote is fundamentally it can put in place an overly powerful president who might be able to alter the structure of our government. People exactly like HRC. Her supporters will say it robbed her. I say it did it's job well for being a hastily written control. Perfect? No. Better than a pure popular vote? Yes.
It has been around since the start. 5 times a popular vote didn't work out to be the elected official. Nothing new.
It has been a double edged sword since it is used by both parties to varying degrees of success. Remember - a recent supreme court ruling allows it.
In major elections ruling, U.S. Supreme Court allows partisan map drawing - Reuters
It will be interesting to see what all the re-jiggering ends up with in the upcoming election. I have to believe that the republicans are going to come out on top with this game.