Yes to both . <| sep |> mostly because because the electoral college balances voices based on region which can be diverse and still have common goals , skewing based on race and ethnicity would only serve to increase a lack of commonalty that should be diminished . As far as the territories go their needs and goals are so foreign unknown to me that I honestly don ' t have an answer , but would say that not being states probably means that their governance is different enough from ours that it is not yet practical for them to contribute to national election . Having said all this my belief is that a popular vote for president is certainly an idea that is not without merit , but with the power that federal government wields which is way more than is appropriate or ever intended by most founders I grow less comfortable with it not more .