DougN:  You and I agree and disagree on many issues and I enjoy exchanges with you.  In this instance we're quite in agreement.  The EC was founded on the compromise relating to large population/small population colonies.  It's functioned to retain what I feel is a reasonable balance between the urban/rural and "elitist"/Populist interests in our country.

While I'm somewhat less than overjoyed with the election of Donald Trump, I don't "blame" it on the EC.  Folks will be discussing the factors leading to Mr. Trump's victory far, far beyond our lifetimes.   The EC/popular vote discrepancy is a result of the interplay of all those factors and, IMO, reflects those many factors, not some genuine flaw in the EC system.