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Old 11-14-2016, 12:45 PM   #1614
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Originally Posted by Magnum PEI View Post
Its about 700,000 for California. ~40 million/55. Still quite a discrepancy.
Ahh, my apologies, I'd read that somewhere else and didn't think to double check the math.

The point stands, however. Why can we elect Governors and Senators based on popular vote, but the President of the US has the scale tipped in favor of rural, low population states?
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