The electoral college enables presidential candidates to win the nation's highest office without winning the majority vote of the American people. This has happened 5 times, most recently in 2016, and it is past time to abolish this outmoded method of selecting US presidents.
The electoral college has no place in today's presidential elections not because state electors ignore the pledges of their residents, but because the process in many states is "winner take all" and results in all other votes not counting toward the nationwide outcome.
All registered American voters should have their vote count for the nation's next president. In an era in which the votes of the entire country can be tallied in a single day, the only fair method is to elect by popular vote and nothing else.