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… The President should represent the people, not the states.
I'll grant you that is precisely how the people see it; and when public perception separates from process, bad things happen.
This could be an argument for changing to direct election of the president or better funding for civics education.
I will fall back to the context of the historical U.S., where the preisdent is in fact a creature of the union of the states and not of the people across all the states. And, within that context the Electoral College serves a purpose which provides some important benefits that should not be overlooked.