re: What is the argument for the electoral college instead of a popular vote?

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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

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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.

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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.

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