Without the electoral college system a president could be elected with a plurality rather than an outright majority .I think this is the most important reason for retaining this system.

The Electoral college is loathed depending on the electiion.Sure other nations have other electoral systems but few are as Geographically massive Or demographically diverse as the United States.The Original point of the electoral college was to establish the role of the president.Congress is the voice of the people and so is directly elected by the people .The President is the leader of a federation of Independent states and should be elected by those states. That’s the philosophical grounding of the notion.First off, rural voters would not matter in any way shape or form.The people who grow our food in Iowa would not matter.The electoral college forces candidates to make serious decisions in resource allocation and to Coordinate large groups of geographically dispersed people.