Doesn't the electoral college base their decision (at least
partly) on the popular vote?

Yes, of course it does.

The Fur Man is quite confused.

Wellllll, it depends some on what state you are living in as to what the
rule is. Some states don't hold their electors as responsible as others
and will actually count their votes if they stay (although they may punish
them for doing so). Other states will appoint a new elector to recast the
vote of a unfaithful elector, while others will ignore the stray vote by
either changing it to match what it should or by not casting it at all.

My understanding is that there are some states that have gone ahead with
the foolish idea of casting their electoral votes based on the national
popular vote (vs. the vote in their state only) but there could be legal challenges to such changes. They also do not yet have enough states signed
on for it to actually "become active." They are damn near all "blue"
states, of course.

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