Yes it is. No it can't. Not true. Not true.

The College was initially established to ensure the President was elected by the popular vote.

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html

Now it is out of date. For example, California has almost 40 million people and only 55 Electoral College votes. Wyoming has 580,000 people and 3 Electoral College votes. Thus 190,000 people in Wisconsin have the same import as 727,000 Californians.