>Take a look at the maps here
>http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president
>
>Especially the “counties” and “Size of Lead”
>
>These show exactly WHY the Electoral College is so important. If the election were based solely on the popular vote, most of it would be disenfranchised.

Only if you're measuring "most of it" by land area. Not if you're measuring by population, which seems a lot more relevant in a democracy.

Tamar