>As for why California should count for a lot more, how about because a lot more people live there? As of the 2010 census, the population of CA was over 39 million. That's more than the total of the smallest 20 states plus DC.
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>But this is exactly the reason that the founding fathers established the electoral college.

At the first census, the ratio between the largest state and the smallest was 12.6. In the 2010 census, it's 66.8. Do you really think the founders ever imagined that would happen?

>I am willing to bet that if HRC had won the electoral college (and BTW yesterday she lost 5 votes that she expected to get) and Trump won the popular vote, you would not be carrying on like this.

I'd be relieved because I truly believe that Trump is a danger to democracy and the American experiment. However, I'd also question whether we really want a system that isn't one person-one vote.

Tamar