Imagine a neighborhood of 10 homes where a vote is held on whether certain services should be provided by the neighborhood’s association (meaning a hike in home owners’ dues). 9 homes hold from 1 to 4 residents each, with a total of 24 people, while one home is crammed with 25. (I remember immigrant homes in Orange County, California’s Little Saigon back in the 1970s where this was often the case.)
The home of 25 votes for the new provisions while the other 9 homes vote against them.
If each home’s vote counts equally (like the Electoral College and U.S. Senate), then it’s a 9 to 1 win for keeping said services optional at each owner’s expense.
If the popular vote counts, then the one crowded home calls the shots for the whole neighborhood. Everyone’s dues rise.
It’s your neighborhood. Whose vote should prevail?
Before you answer, consider this: If the USA did away with the Electoral College, the voters in a handful of crammed enclaves like Los Angeles County and New York City would decide every election. And you’d be paying for whatever they wanted for the rest of your life.