If enough states decide to give their votes to the winner of the popular vote, this would solve the problems of the electoral college. A fair number of states already agreed to the popular vote compact. We just need the big Republican states to agree. Which probably will happen after a Democrat wins the electoral college after loosing the popular vote.

The way politics are trending, with more white Democrats and non-white Republicans, the electoral college advantage for Republicans is fading.

And since it’s mentioned in the article, there is a proposed path to having the popular vote decide the presidency that doesn’t require a constitutional amendment, and IMO it’s surprisingly further along than one might guess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact