The Electoral College is a part of our Constitution, friends. That means it can't be discarded, or changed, without an amendment being made. States which may want to change it to suit their own desires can't change it on their own volition. Keep that it mind.
Why did the Founding Fathers decide to put it in as they did? They had the good sense to realize that cities had more voters than rural areas, and that it might become possible for the larger cities could figure out a scheme to band together and elect their own president every 4 years. For those of you who don't know how our Constitution was put together, it was accomplished through a series of compromises. Just as when the problem of how to give the smaller states an equal voice in the laws which would be passed, it was decided to allow each state to elect a representative according to its population. Because some states had far more in population, and would be able to have more representatives, it was decided to have a bicameral legislative house - there would be 2 chambers of representatives who would make the laws - one elected according to the population, and the second, which would be called the senate, would have 2 representatives, regardless of size, and those senators would be selected by the legislatures of each state. All legislation would require passage in exactly the same language by both chambers before their bills would be sent to the president for his approval. Each chamber was assigned priority on certain pieces of legislation. If there was a difference in language of bills passed by both chambers (on the same subject), a committee would be formed to reconcile the differences, with members from both chambers working on the reconciliation. Then the bill would have to be re-passed by both chambers so that the bill would be presented in the same language.
Every state would have at least 1 representative in the House of Representatives, and each state would have 2 senators. That put each state on the same level, regardless of its population, in passing the laws of the nation.
To prevent election fraud, only those who paid taxes - and would be on the tax rolls of their communities for identification -could vote. That was thought to be the best way to keep people from going from one district to another on election day, casting more than one vote for any candidate.
The Electoral College was designed to prevent less-populated states from being overwhelmed by greater numbers of voters in larger states, and also to keep states with large cities from having a greater voice in who gets elected to be president. There have been only 2 occasions when the Electoral College was used to elect a candidate with fewer popular votes. In case of a tie in the Electoral College, the House of Representatives will choose the president.
What with aliens being allowed to get drivers licenses, which could be used to register to vote, and with the tendency to want to rig elections today, having the Electoral College will be to our benefit. As to the movement in Colorado to apportion the electoral votes according to the parties of their representatives in Congress, that would require an amendment to the Constitution. The party winning the majority gets those votes. There is no requirement for those electoral members to vote for their guy, but in all likelihood, if that happened, the guilty party would have to find residence elsewhere. Whatever, long live the Electoral College!