You think there would be more red votes in a state like California if the EC was abolished? I don't think so. Any abolition of first by the post needs to be followed or go in tandem with the dissolution of one or both parties into three or four smaller parties. It's the only way to prevent de facto permanent Democratic Party control. 

Trump is Dumped

Here's the major reason for my opposition: I'd rather have America in a time out than throwing their weight around. The only advantage is that European leaders are already used to misinterpreting/outright playing with America in order to stop their more destructive impulses. 

Hoping that things don't really go back to the "Trans-Atlantic Relationship" and Europe tells Biden the bridge was burned and they aren't rebuilding it. Tell them to focus on the stuff in their own backyard before leaping the sea. 

The Republican Party has fallen behind in many aspects because they fail to represent the will of the people. If the system were to change to a popular vote system, perhaps they would be forced to change to better represent the people. Even still, why should we care that the party that isn't able to represent the people isn't elected as President (as others have stated, Congress wouldn't change under a popular vote system).

Besides, why is it literally anyone's problem but the Republicans that their platform is unable to secure votes? 

Speaking as an outsider, the electoral college system is kinda fucked. Whoever gets the most votes should win, that's fundamentally how democracy is supposed to work.

It really wouldn’t take that many tweaks to their platform to make them palatable to the electorate.  Removing trump and his strategy of insulting and demeaning half of America would go a long way.  Changing their immigration stance would also go a long way. Stuff like that.

The core message of the Republican Party of limited government, lower taxes, fiscal responsibility (if they remember that message) still resonates with a lot of people obviously.  

Most Americans would agree with you...?‍♂️

But but, not everyone (every state) is equal. Inequality needs to be upheld.

Because you have a two party system where they are the closest team to a viable one? The whole point of representative democracy is that most parties can win with less than 50 percent of the vote so long as they have a plurality. In a two party system where one party is clearly unelectable, you're going to have a de facto one party state. That's not really a good way to shore up the democracy argument. 

The effort would have to be conditioned to a restructuring of politics in the US. Both parties get nuked, because America can't move on until truly representative, non catch all parties emerge. I don't think the Green Party stands a chance to win the popular vote just because there's no EV. Or would you rather the US end up like Russia, where victories are the result of everything else being unelectable?