Uh, no. It's about federalism and the relationship between the national government and each of the states. There was no sinister intent. If each state awarded its electoral votes proportionally instead of winner-take-all, we would have no problem; it would reflect the popular vote very closely. A national popular vote would have been very difficult to pull off in the USA of 1788. To fix this, support the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

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