Thought I did, the electoral college give states a modicum of power over a populist, nationalist vote.
I don't see it as political one way or another. According to this,
Electoral College vs. popular vote splits, it has favored Reps over Dems:
Remember, I'm the guy sees no difference between the duopolistic parties.
To me it's simply a matter of where power resides, in the states, a federalist system, as it was designed, or the central government, a federal system, which changing it from electoral to popular wound nudge us toward.