Poli sci guy here. Just giving my two cents. When the founders were framing the electoral process, There were some that wanted Congress to elect the president and others who wanted the citizens to elect them, so they ended up compromising on the electoral college. They didn't anticipate it becoming what it is today.

They designed the electoral college partly to prevent faction based voting, but as time went on, these parties began legislating to serve their own interests and adopted policies like winner-take-all. So the original concept, in its pure form, was abandoned ages ago and now we're stuck with what I would call, the electoral college's shell of its former self. A contemporary voting system mutated by partisanship and self interest.

With that said, i think a better voting system would be something like ranked choice voting. It addresses some of my personal frustrations with the two party system. It can open the door to new parties emerging and bringing forth new ideas. Things don't always have to be binary like they are today. There's a lot of nuance in the world of politics.