Im doing a paper on this myself. Heres some helpful links. Remember that a direct vote favors big cities and rural areas can be left out. An electoral college (doesnt have to be same as ours) helps fight a tyranny of the majority.
Fed paper #68
Math Against Tyranny
Paper on The Electoral College (in pdf)
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