Twice in my lifetime I have seen the popular vote go to someone I [vehemently] did not want to be President. That being said, the Electoral College is alive and well and performing as designed. Imagine a country where popular vote rules - California, Texas, Florida, and a few other high population states would rule and dominate. If nothing else, the EC makes the manipulation of voters by mass media propaganda more difficult. I love the way we have it now - even though my political persuasion has been the big loser in the last 20 years.