We're the united states of America. "The united people of America" has a nicer idealistic ring to it, but that's just not the way it works. Highly populated areas have their own specific interests while less populated areas (like in the midwest) have their own interests. It's just not fair if a candidate wins the big cities and simply just caters to them, it gives them absolutely no incentive to improve upon the rest of the country that is less populated (but still very vast). Not to mention the electoral college actually gives minorities a larger voice in elections, because what if every election was decided by white people alone?

http://www.sciencebuzz.org/topics/el...ing-minorities