Why do conservatives love the electoral college?

I just asked a question why the US doesn't get rid of the electoral college and I got stupid answers from people I ume are conservatives because they were bashing democrats. They claim that NYC, LA, and chicago will decide the elections if we do it by popular vote. That is the stupidest thing I ever heard. If the 2004 election was decided by popular vote Bush would have won anyway because he got the majority of popular votes. So don't give me that crap that five cities decide the election. And not all the states are monolithic votes. Many people in upstate New York vote republican just like many people in South Texas vote democratic. In fact people should want to get rid of the EC because that way NYC wouldn't have to decide the election for all of New York state. I think conservatives love the electoral college because it mostly goes in their favor. Remember the 2000 election? I'm not favoring democrats but I want each vote to count the same.