There's pros and cons to the electoral college. At the moment the states can award electors however they want, including deciding on their own to commit them to

There's pros and cons to the electoral college. At the moment the states can award electors however they want, including deciding on their own to commit them to the winner of the popular vote, as some have done. The states legislatures can also choose electors - there's nothing in the 12th amendment saying it's a people's vote. I think the bigger point that should be talked about is why everyone has invested so much power in the presidency, and argues that their candidate should have won by a 1% majority and is now entitled to implement their national agenda. That is not the way this country was meant to work. You eventually end up with a dictator. My best guess at the reason why we do this: tribalism and mass media. Human nature. Gotta have a chief, one person to look to for answers.