[larrymcg421]

Um, states like North Dakota, Montana, Utah, etc. that people seem to want to give a voice as opposed to the big bad NY and LA currently have NO voice. Why would either candidate go there? It's already decided. If it was a popular vote, then yes I would expect a candidate to go to Salt Lake City, for example.

New York and LA have more power under the current system, if anything. These two cities right now are almost garanteeing the entire states for Democrats. For example, Gore won New York 60-35. He could have done a LOT worse upstate and still won on the strength of NYC alone.

Also, the electoral college is not a proper representation of each state. It's winner take all (except in two states), so it doesnt matter if you win with 70% of the vote or 50.1% of the vote, or hell even 34% of the vote in a three way race. You still get the same amount of electoral college votes. That's kind of ridiculous. Imagine a serious three way race. It's actually feasible that someone could win the electoral college vote while finishing third in the popular vote.