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As I said before the electoral college doesn’t benefit rural voters. It benefits rural voters in certain states with low populations. It does nothing for small town folks in Texas or New York. That’s the reality.

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It's not meant to benefit rural voters or urban voters. It's meant to let states retain a say. The Constitution doesn't even guarantee that voters will have a say in how their states choose the President because the intent was always that the states were the ones who chose, not necessarily all the people of each state, though the states could allow that if they chose, as all have.