Abolish the Electoral College

When we as Americans vote in a presidential election, our individual vote does not count directly towards the election of the President. Instead, each state has a number of electors (referred to overall as the Electoral College) that vote, after the general election, for the candidate who received the majority vote in that state. The electoral vote is the vote that really counts. Problems: 1) A candidate with a marginal majority vote will get all of the electoral votes for that state, 2) The Electoral College gives more voting power to smaller populated states which brings race equity into question, 3) An elector can refuse to uphold his pledge to vote for the candidate who received the most votes (known as a faithless elector) and 4) most of us don't even know who these people are.