Whyever do you say that?
The Founding Fathers had good reasons for employing the Electoral College, as opposed to direct popular election.
Do you know what they were?
Why are they no longer applicable?
Regardless of what the Founding Fathers intended, I do not believe the foresaw the day in which a few states - CA, NY, FL, TX, OH, MI, PA - would determine who would become President/Vice President. It is flat out not right that a slight majority “steals” the votes of the minority. And that is what happens with the current electoral college. If each state had to apportion electoral votes based on actual voting, no problem. But for one candidate to steal the votes of the other based on gaining a slight majority is just wrong.