Which is a good thing . rural citizens are more spread out as farmers etc . But they have different needs then the urban citizens . If you got rid of the electoral college , then the urban citizens would have all the power . And in the end the rural ones would have no say in any matters . Imagine if suddenly everyone migrated from the urban areas and went to the rural areas . And adapted to their way of life . Suddenly the urban citizens would no longer have a say in the matter and a say in their own needs . That is what the founding fathers revered to as the tyranny of the many . Also , the biggest reason Hillary lost now , was because she was crooked and snuffed Bernie . Plus because people are sick and tired of the far left or shall I call them alt left now ? getting more selfrighteous every day ! Just look at all those riots after Trump won . Not even the craziest among the republicans acted like that after Obama won .