The electoral college has been criticized for generations: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-07/electoral-college-debate-has-dramatically-chang

The electoral college has been criticized for generations: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-07/electoral-college-debate-has-dramatically-changed-in-50-years https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-07/electo..., though the contours of the debate have changed. As for the charge of hypocrisy, were Republicans passionately praising the wisdom of the electoral college in the 1990s? It cuts both ways.