a popular vote presidency would be a disaster for the US, the illusion that votes matter would be completely destroyed at that level. This is completely false.

a popular vote presidency would be a disaster for the US, the illusion that votes matter would be completely destroyed at that level. This is completely false. Having a popular vote would at least adequately represent, mathematically, the demographics of the US citizenry and what they want in a candidate. Now, FPTP is not the greatest voting scheme, I would prefer some sort of rank choice voting, but at least you would get a statistical representation of the populace with FPTP. The electoral college is such an antiquated, outdated system that only favors fringe views.