How so? If the GOP primary was direct democracy popular vote, all a candidate would need to do is campaign in large population states. Smaller states voters would be disenfranchised.
State delegations in the 19th century wanted to avoid the same large-state domination in the GOP primary.
That's a pretty straight pretzel.
I believe in the Electoral College because it prevents one’s vote being disenfranchised, just as you stated. Do you really believe that the process of choosing delegates in the primaries, especially in states with no vote whatsoever, is the same thing and serves the same purpose? It simply creates an uneven playing field. That’s a fact and irrefutable.