The purpose of the electoral college is to skew presidential elections
Polls say 2020 will resemble 2016, exactly as we have been predicting for the last two years. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/upshot/one-year-from-election-trump-trails-biden-but-leads-warren-in-battlegrounds.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage