I'm going off topic, but I wish the US had a tricameral legislature:
House of Representative -- representing the People, elected by popular election within the states, with voters within designated City States excluded from voting.
Senate -- representing the States, chosen by State Legislators (abolish the 17th Amendment).
New Body -- representing the City States, elected by residents of the designated City States.
Basically -- residents of NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, San Francisco, etc. should have very limited political power. They can have some power, but not much. The people who live in the hinterlands of Pennsylvania or Illinois should have significant power in Washington. The cities should be mostly on their own, and should be allowed to wither. We don't need cities so much in the 21st century. They only serve to warehouse ferals. City populations should disperse themselves and learn to live like real humans.
You just explained the reason for the Electoral College.