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Originally Posted by Ducay

I love how people are magically up in arms about the Electoral college all of the sudden ; that system sucks, sure, but why is no one complaining about the senate which is about 1000000000x more inequally weighted (2 senators regardless of population). So you think California is getting the shaft on the college? They're about 50x more shafted in the Senate, which, arguably is much more impactful than the presidency.

But at the end of the day, as mentioned, the senate and college are set up this way because that is how they were constitutionally when the danged union was formed. Its like complaining about OTL vs. SOL vs. 3 points for win in the NHL; sure, you can talk about how your team would have won under different rules, but these are the rules we play by and your hypothetical doesn't matter. If you don't like it, get an amendment passed. Until then, these be rules of the duel.

Were you in a coma for the two years (until 9/11) following the Gore/Bush election year? Electoral college reform was a constant topic in political news cycles for that entire period.