This needs to be said, and not enough people are saying it. Too many here on this thread and elsewhere are arguing with the Left at their level - that the electoral vote in “unfair” and the president should win by poplar vote, after all, “we live in a democracy.” So here and elsewhere, the Right argues that we DID win by popular vote, rather than the fact that it done’t matter who won by popular vote. It needs to be SAID, not just assumed because many don’t get it.
Too many important issues like this remain unchallenged. People are no longer taught the Constitution or our American heritage in government schools - just the opposite - they are taught lies about the Constitution and our heritage. The result is things like everyone NOT understanding the role of the electoral college just as not everyone understands the difference between a democracy and a republic.
It also needs saying that the electoral college is a constitutional issue and cannot legally be changed without a Constitutional Amendment. If you asked, most would not know if or where the electoral college is found in the Constitution.
The greatest issue we face in the country is the American People needing to once again OWN, KNOW, and REINSTATE THEIR Constitution, our only bulwark of freedom against the tyranny of the feds (or the “majority”), as our Rule of Law - the Supreme Law of the Land against the feds.
It appears to me that this thread concerns a factual dispute as to whether votes were counted if they did not affect the outcome of the presidential race and how those imaginary uncounted votes would have broken out.
In contrast, I do not read this thread the way you do. I do not see this thread as advocating the elimination of the Electoral College and the use of popular vote to determine presidential elections. My conclusion is that you're reading something into this thread that does not exist.