No, eliminating the electoral college would not be akin to British rule back before the Revolutionary War.
I'll phrase it another way- one of the core tenets of our Democracy is the right, and need, for citizens to vote. Citizen participation is critical, and the electoral college reduces participation at the Presidential election level.
Millions and millions of people wake up on election day knowing their votes won't count. They could skip and nothing would change. And that is true for both people who vote for a state's winner and for a state's loser.
Someone in CA that supports Biden doesn't need to vote. Their vote is worthless.
Someone in CA that supports Trump doesn't need to vote. Their vote is worthless.
It's bonkers that both scenarios can be true.
All votes should count. No vote should be more important or less important than anyone else's vote. Your vote shouldn't count less than mine. And mine shouldn't count less than yours.
This concept wouldn't send us back to being ruled by a group so separated from us that there is no connection.
You wouldn't be ruled by New York or California. Good lord. Everyone would be governed by the candidate who received the most votes. That's a pretty simple concept and it doesn't need to have fear mongering attached.
