The electoral college is the most brilliant invention ever.
If not; you'd have a vast country whose election is decided by a few major metro areas and their thoughts/viewpoints
And if it were such a boondoggle for reps. why don't reps win the white house EVERY four years?
Count every LEGAL vote.......why don't the democrats demand that?
Except that we have a constitution and a thing called states rights which is what the EC is designed for.
Basically whatever NYC and CALIFORNIA decides is what the country gets......
Again....
If the EC were a boondoggle the rep would win every 4 years...which they don't
Swap to your method and the dems would have the white house since 88...which is what they desire and likely lifetime of one party rule in all three branches.....doesn't sound like a democratic republic.