[ckissick]

People who argue that the winner of the popular vote should win don't seem to get the whole point of the electoral college.

As intended by our founding fathers, the electoral college is meant to take some of the clout away from dense population centers (AKA cities), and give rural states more say in an election. Remember the blue/red map of the US after the Bush/Gore election? There was far more red (Republican) territory, with blue concentrated on the densely populated coasts.

With just the popular vote, the winner would be pretty much be selected by New York and California, and screw the rest of the country. I wonder what Gore's lead was without these 2 states. Did he even have a lead without them?

It's obvious why Democrats are the ones leading this cause. The cities have a huge majority of Democrats.