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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou
And someone help me with the "if we abolished the electoral college, candidates would only spend time in the big cities" argument.
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I think that argument starts with "big states" rather than "big cities"
9 states (CA, TX, FL, NY, IL, PA, OH, GA, NC) have just over 50% of the US population. Those same 9 have only 45% of the electoral college.
The 7 states+DC with the fewest electoral college votes (Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming) have 4.5% of the votes there. They have just over 2% of the population.
Abandoning the electoral college would simply further devalue votes that already seem to have little meaning.