The Electoral College is one of the many vestiges of our nations heritage of race based slavery and ethnic cleansing. It still supports white supremacy to this day.  It was designed to give power to states that had more black slaves than land owning white men. BTW, if Puerto Rico was majority white, they would get more relief for their debts and storm damage. Their population, 3.5 million, is larger than about 20 states. Of course, those states are majority white populations. The citizens of Puerto Rico didn't ask to be a colony. We took it at gun point and then didn't free them. Of course, the GOP base of racists and bigots don't want their status to change. For that matter they love the Electoral College as well. They know if every vote counted equally, they would never be in national power ever again. If every voted counted equally they would never control the House either. A vote in California counts less than a vote in Alabama.