Tara Ross does an excellent job of displaying the brilliance of why the Founding Fathers established the Electoral College. Share with your friends to educate them.
Why? Its actually a kind of stupid idea. I guess it kind of worked when you had 13 states that didn't really want to be in the same country... and they expected Congress to select the president, not the EC.
But today, when you can accurately count all the votes in one day... No so much.
Let's look at what's wrong with it.
1) Some asshole who the people didn't want can win if he marginally wins enough states.
2) If you state is demographically homogeneous, your vote doesn't count and no one spends a lot of time in your state.
3) A very small group can hold a state hostage- Yes, I'm looking at you, Cuban Americans in Florida.
4) It makes it impossible for third parties to grow. - Hey, remember when everyone spent all their time telling us how much they hated BOTH of these candidates. Yet a third party never gained any traction.