Nobody else will, so I would like to say something in defense of the Electoral College. The EC is not merely an anachronism designed to promote slavery. The EC, like the Senate, exists to protect citizens of small states against coalitions of large states. It prevents California, Texas and Florida from outlawing indoor heating and letting Maine, North Dakota and Alaska freeze. 

Citizens of large states enjoy the advantage of influencing large state governments. Voting for the Governor of California is a lot better than voting for the Governor of Vermont, because the former is a lot more powerful. 

The real split is not red vs. blue states; it's urban vs. rural areas. States are only a very weak proxy for the urban/rural divide. The problem is not that the EC does not reflect the electorate well: it's that contiguous states don't. If state borders were redrawn to reflect similar interests, San Diego and Santa Fe would be in the same state and so would Sacramento and Amarillo.