Yes , that ' s exactly why Hamilton came up with the idea . There are legit problems with straight popular vote due to dense urban areas where 25 counties hold 50 % of the population . Not as bad as the EC winner take all system has created , but there will be issues . Distributing EC votes proportional to state vote helps smooth that out and force candidates to visit the rural states a bit to at least prevent greater than 66 % win by opponents as soon that adds up . Personally , I ' m for 1 senatorial district per 5 representative districts with minimum of 1 senator and 1 rep per state but that ain ' t going to happen with a unanimous constitutional agreement change proportional senator representation is the only thing that requires 100 %. Let ' s just keep battles to things that can be won . Changing the EC is doable at the moment .