The EC is certainly obsolete; but the only people I know who want the President to maintain pardon power for himself, family and associates are alt-right Trump sheep who want white-collar crime legalized.
Also, Hillary did not sell Russia 20% of U.S. uranium. If you somehow still believe that, there is no point in engaging you about anythiong.
The Electoral College assures that all of the states have some say in determining their President. Why give all the power to California and New York?
Why float easily-debunked mythologies as false premises?
It spreads it out, and means that candidates have to appeal to many states.
BULL.
SHIT.
No Virginia, in practice it does the exact opposite. Republican candies don't bother to go to California, Democratic candies don't bother with Texas, and nobody goes to Alaska or Hawaìi because the Duopoly already carved them up by 'gentlemen's agreement'. The fact is most states are known to be going "red" or "blue", a concept which would not even EXIST without the WTA Electoral College system, which means there's as little reason for the opposite-colored candidate to go there as there is for any of their citizens to vote, because neither one is gonna make a god damned bit of difference to the result.
THAT's what a fixed election is.