that sparsely populated areas get to tell the majority of the nation's voters, "screw you, we're going to overrule your majority"? That makes far less sense in my opinion . It doesn't matter where you live, if you're voting for the best possible candidate, and not making it a popularity contest, the majority of voters should prevail. It's bad enough that sparsely populated states get two Senators that equal the same number given to large population areas. A state with 800,000 residents should have the same political weight as a state with 40 million residents?

This sop to the post Civil War slave states is archaic and anti-democratic, and opens up catastrophic possibilities such as we're experiencing this very moment. The electoral college must be abolished. My two cents.