No, it doesn't.
It gives smaller and less populated states a voice in what happens in the country.
The number of electors is the same as the number of representatives from each state.
Just like the laws in this country are not decided by popular vote, but by the what the reps from each state say their state wants, so with the president.
Each states electors ARE voting for or should be voting for, the popular for FOR THEIR STATE.
The electoral college, giving a greater voice to less populous states, ensures that the whole nation is not overwhelmed by the popular vote that a democracy would give.
Do we really want a few blue, urban areas along the coasts to decide the fate of the entire nation?
The electoral college is also a buffer against election fraud.
This country is NOT a democracy, which many people don't understand. It's a representative republic of states.
The Constitution limits what the federal government can do and the rest is left up to the individual states.
I wasn’t critiquing the electoral college. I was saying the electors should not be bound by their state’s law to vote for any particular candidate. Giving the electors the freedom to vote for who they want is in the spirit of the founders giving us a representative democracy. Not to mention there are enough processes in place for a candidate to make sure he selects loyal electors that we don’t need a law on top of that punishing them for exercising their freedom to vote how they wish.