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Originally posted by Rekna
From the 2000 population cenus we can see that it would only take 9 states to decide an election if it were done by popular vote. This would mean polititions would spend all their time in these 9 states and neglect the states down at the bottem.
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Sorry to cut 90% of your post, but you've got this backwards. This is the effect of the electoral college. Not everyone in a state thinks the same way, but the electoral college allows the majority of a state to silence the rest. Taking PA as an example, the two cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are primarily liberal. The rest of the state is primarily conservative. The electoral college allows the greater population to grab the votes. If we had a straight popular vote, everyone would get a voice. I honestly don't know how people can be for the EC. As for politicians spending most of their time on population centers, that's generally what's going to happen anyway, because they can talk to the most people there. They want to get their message to more people so more people will decide to vote for them, regardless of whether we use the EC or not. You're just not going to get a politician spending time in North Haverbrook (population 225) unless it's a move to show he cares about the people.