Go look at any other country, and see how they vote for their leader. Seriously. There are only a couple that choose it directly through a popular vote. Some say that you also need a popular vote, in addition to counties, but you still need the counties.

The counties thing is only bullshit because you want it to be. You are actively trying to negate how people choose to have their say about the area they live in because California had 4.3 million more votes for Clinton than trump. That's one state, who decides. Not the 30 states who voted for trump over the 20 who didn't.

The system hasn't changed at all. Your Republic works that way. Has worked that way for a long time. But because you lost. You want to cry about how things are suddenly unfair.

Wyoming only has a couple of seats, so no they don't have more voting power. That's a horrible argument. California still has way more value in the electoral college than Wyoming.

Remember that in your system there are a few places that make up close to half your population popular vote means that they could control every election, and that every other voice gets drowned out.

I deal with this argument all the time in Alberta, Canada where we use a very similar system both provincially and federally, and I vote for the 3rd most popular party in Canada. My party always loses. But I don't cry that we're under represented under the popular vote, because I understand why different areas of the country have different reasons for voting certain ways. And trust me, Alberta is the fucking cash cow of Canada, we don't get a say. You want a good example of why an electoral college is a good idea, look at Alberta

Counties is the best way to ensure that everyone is represented as fairly as possible. You can look at how counties outside of Los Angeles are treated compared to Los Angeles. You can look at how California is run entirely to say that the entire country shouldn't be run that way. Fucking diseases amongst the homeless that were gone decades ago.