You're assuming too much of the Electoral College. The result and the intent are not the same. The Constitution of the United States talks of no such thing, only electors, who were the interface between the national (federal) government and each of the states. It was up to the states to determine who would be an elector and how they would vote. The problem this election is that all but two states award electors to the winner in a winner-take-all scheme. They started doing this in the 1824 election to help their favorite candidate. Once a few states started doing it, the rest followed. If states awarded electors proportionally to candidates, the Electoral College result would closely match the popular vote. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact