Why do we still have the electoral college?

Part I. Origins. From the Constitution to the Twelfth Amendment --

Part II. The long struggle to abolish winner-take-all. Electoral reform in the era of good feelings --

Three uneasy pieces, 1870-1960 --

Part III. A national popular vote. "A population anomalous" and a national popular vote, 1800-1960 --

An idea whose time has come --

Last call for the twentieth century --

Part IV. Partisan stalemate and electoral misfires. Pessimism and innovation, 1980-2020 --

Appendix A. Public opinion polls --

Appendix B. Constitutional provisions for Presidential elections --

Appendix C. The evolution of the term Electoral College.