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Originally Posted by wittynickname
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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Because it's how it is in the US Constitution and changing it is very hard.
A more fairer system might be to remove the 100 electoral votes for the Senate but Trump would still win in that scenario. And if the popular vote was the way to elect the president, then the campaign strategies of both sides would be significantly different anyways.