Forgive this European if he misunderstands the US Presidential election setup but…

Isn’t the “less populated States and rural areas” argument only a thing if the popular vote had gone against them all the time without the EC system?

The reverse is true…

In the last 100 years the popular vote has given the same result as the college in all but two extremely controversial occasions (Bush in 2000 & Trump in 2016). The idea that there would never be a Republican President again with the Popular vote is nonsense and the opposite of the reality. So why not go with the popular vote?