In the fallout of the current election, many who supported Hillary Clinton have started to call for the electoral college to be disbanded.  They believe, that whichever candidate wins the most popular votes should win the election.  There are two main arguments against this, the first being that, America was established and founded as a republic, not a democracy, in which the people select representatives (in this case electors) to represent them.  The second reason is that, while a popular vote makes sense in theory, it massively underrepresents those who do not live in large cities.