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NightlyPoe said:

And you also forget 2016 to a lesser extent.  There were times when the polls tightened and Democrats very much consoled themselves with the blue wall giving them an advantage in case Trump managed to eek out a popular vote win. 

Fell free to find data to support that information (or more importantly, a Democrat saying that it was both likely and that they supported the EC). 538 actually projected out the likelihood of Trump winning the popular vote and losing the electoral college and it was never a likely scenario. Even when the race was at its tightest (according to polls) on July 28th (RCP had Trump ahead by about 1 point at this time), Trump had a 1.3% chance of winning the popular but losing the EC (compared to 5.8% from Clinton). The final forecast gave Clinton a 10.5% chance compared to Trump's 0.5% chance. The electoral college fairly heavily benefits Republicans at this point in time. 

While you might be able to find "the occasional talking head" making a weak argument that the EC benefited Clinton, this was far from common or widely believed, and even if it was, it is unlikely that this would be widely accepted as a pretext for keeping the EC.

I personally support switching to a popular vote system, regardless of which party the EC benefits. That simply shouldn't be how a democracy is run.