Dude I am so stressed right now I wish I could ' ve just oven roasted that shit and got it done with but I might be fuckin screwed <| sep |> With pleasure <| sep |> Also , the electoral college exists because states exist . Yes , those pesky states that keep the federal government from just doing whatever it wants . Those same states would never have agreed to form a union if they were simply going to always be outvoted every time by more highly populated states . You can ' t tell Minnesota that California , New York and Texas are going to be deciding all of their laws and not expect Minnesota to scream , taxation without representation ! The popular vote is of interest only to big government , globalist types , that want to easily control the country . Sorry , but , our ancestors were not idiots .