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

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You can win the EC count without winning popular vote. It's meant to give a voice to all states instead of just the few with the highest population centers.

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I'm not so sure this math checks out these days. CA & NY have 18% of the population (2014 #s), and 16% of the electoral votes. That's pretty close - and instead of taking 18% of the country's population and having it split up amongst a true representative picture (let's conservatively say 2/1, or 12% D and 6% R), you instead will have 16% of the votes going to D and 0% R.

If this is supposed to give more of a voice to the other 48 states, I think it does the opposite. The rest of us have to overcome a 16-point deficit, as opposed to only being 6 points in the hole with my 2/1 estimate.