The president is meant to represent the populace more closely than it does, as should the House. The Senate is meant to protect less populace states. Really, t

The president is meant to represent the populace more closely than it does, as should the House. The Senate is meant to protect less populace states. Really, the problem is capping the number of representatives at around 450. We should have something like 1000-3000 members of the house, which if distributed by population would fix most people's problems with the electoral college. Basically, Congress got selfish and broke the balance of power for the country to entrench their own, and now the states that don't do much have too much say, and basically slow the country down.