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IMO the only real controversy that ever really occurs over this is because of the really really really close elections (in the 2000 case being the most recent and most publicized one).
This isn't raelly an issue if a president has a much larger vote.
The electoral college has served its purpose - in cases where no candidate gets a majority (hell there have been elections of 45% vs. 43% and what not in the past) the electoral college does the job fine.
I find it in other ways though also flawed. First is that a state may ahve a majority but even if its a slight majority all of its votes may be dumped to the candidate. Theres pretty large minority groups and what not in states that garner a lot of votes but not enough and the state in the end gives up a large chunk to the opposing candidate.
Also I'd like to say it now that in a few years this will become a even larger issue.
Because of how polarized the parties have been, and yet at the same time the candidates have platforms closer and closer to each other, the voting sadly ends up more party based and more polarized and we may very well see more and more and more close elections to which one point a large controversy may very well occur.
Hopefully it won't cause anything too big but by that time it would IMO be best to change the system.
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