It is a pity, the founding fathers meant our electors to non-partisan people of wisdom who would make a rational choice when the people acted irrationally.  Today people are given the job based on little more than political favors and the job is seen as nothing more than a lark, they're partisans who will not question their orders; they're handed a rubber stamp and sent on their way.

Since we have abandoned the purpose of the electoral college and treat it as a formality it ceases to have any value. It does not carry out the will of the people, it tells almost 3 million people their vote didn't count. In addition, and even worse, it tells us that the votes of some Americans count more than others.