Electoral College or Popular Vote?

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

All of the defenders of the EC seem to rely mostly on arguing, "Well if we go PV, we need to standardize voting laws across the nation", which I whole-heartedly support.

"But state check on executive branch!" - I don't understand this argument at all. A state's EVs are allocated by popular vote, not by the original "statehouse chooses electors" method which died in the 1810s or something.


And for the "candidates focus only on big cities" argument, let's look at 2012 exit polling:

Big Cities(500K+): 11% of vote
Mid-sized Cities(50K-500K): 21% of vote
Suburbs: 47% of vote
Towns(10K-50K): 8% of vote
Rural: 14% of vote


I don't see the problem with campaigning and focusing on places where people actually live. Candiate with most votes wins.