>As Ken said we are a Republic. We have a representative system. What they should do IMO is something like the Senate. Every state has the same number of votes. In the Electoral College, it should be one state, one vote. Bush won 29 states (w/Florida and Oregon still up in the air). He should win.
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>Again, I say if you went strictly by popular vote (1 person 1 vote), then the interests of all are not met. Population is not evenly distributed across all states. 44% of the population of the US lives in only 7 states (CA, TX, NY, IL, FL, PA, OH). The interests of these states should not dictate policy for the whole.


Add a couple of more states to the mix so that you have 51% of the population. Should the interests of the smaller states dictate policy for the rest (majority) of the population????

There's merit on both sides of this arugement.

That the founders conceived of a way of protecting both sides (bi-cameral legislature, Electoral College) only proves what an exceptionally brilliant group of people they were.