The Electoral College doesn't prevent elections from being dominated by a few places it just changes which places matter

Instead of candidates focusing on major population centers, they focus on a handful of swing states, which receive a disproportionate amount of campaign attention and resources. The Electoral College doesn't solve the problem of unequal political attention; it simply redirects it. As for the claim that a popular vote would give cities more influence, that's because more people live there. In a democratic system, representation is based on people, not land. A vote cast in a city is still a vote cast by an individual citizen and should count the same as a vote cast anywhere else.