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re: What is the argument for the electoral college instead of a popular vote?
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:49 am to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:49 am to TheCaterpillar
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But those states with higher populations get more EC votes anyway.
Wyoming has 3 electoral college votes and has a population of 586,0000
California has 55 electoral college votes and has a population of almost 40 million
Therefore, each of Wyoming's electoral college votes represents about 195,333 of its states citizens whereas in California each votes represents 711,723
The electoral college lets small states have a "bigger" say in Presidential elections
If California had the same ratio as Wyoming, it would have over 200 electoral college votes for example
This post was edited on 11/8/16 at 10:50 am
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:50 am to Pilot Tiger
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Wyoming has 3 electoral college votes and has a population of 586,0000
California has 55 electoral college votes and has a population of almost 40 million
Therefore, each of Wyoming's electoral college votes represents about 195,333 of its states citizens whereas in California each votes represents 711,723
The electoral college lets small states have a "bigger" say in Presidential elections
I get this and it makes sense, but the popular vote would have still picked the winner every election in the last 130 years besides W in 2000.
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:52 am to Pilot Tiger
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Wyoming has 3 electoral college votes and has a population of 586,0000
California has 55 electoral college votes and has a population of almost 40 million
Therefore, each of Wyoming's electoral college votes represents about 195,333 of its states citizens whereas in California each votes represents 711,723
The electoral college lets small states have a "bigger" say in Presidential elections
If California had the same ratio as Wyoming, it would have over 200 electoral college votes for example
Ok, but
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In February 2013, California had 18,055,783 registered voters, comprising 48.8 percent of its total population. Of those registered voters, 7,932,373 (43.9 percent) were registered Democrats, and 5,225,675 (28.9 percent) were Republicans.
So instead of it just going all blue, it would actually be a lot more republican leaning than people realize. It would still really matter to campaign there.
And New York, the GOP would get 33% and not 0%.
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There were 5,792,497 registered Democrats as of April 1 — a puny increase of 14,037 since November, state Board of Elections show. The Republican Party had 2,731,688 members, up just 12,358 over the same period.
This post was edited on 11/8/16 at 10:55 am
Posted on 11/8/16 at 11:17 am to Pilot Tiger
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Wyoming has 3 electoral college votes and has a population of 586,0000
California has 55 electoral college votes and has a population of almost 40 million
Therefore, each of Wyoming's electoral college votes represents about 195,333 of its states citizens whereas in California each votes represents 711,723
The electoral college lets small states have a "bigger" say in Presidential elections
If California had the same ratio as Wyoming, it would have over 200 electoral college votes for example
That's solely due to Wyoming's population not being large enough to warrant more than one representative in the House.
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