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Originally Posted by calf
I'm not too familiar with how everything works, but isn't that balanced out by how representatives are elected in the House? And set up so that the bigger states aren't always bullying the smaller ones?
Or are the sets of responsibilities of the House and Senate too different from each other?
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I think that's a fair statement. Although it worked better when a 60 percent majority was required for most senate votes.
At first glance the EC also seems stacked towards the smaller, rural states, and that makes two levels of government decided disproportionately by rural areas. But really, the EC favors democrats by giving all EC votes from large states like California and New York. Without flipping the rust belt, Trump had no path to 270, and has no path in 2020 if he loses them.
Here's a map that gives some optimism for 2020 based on popular vote for the house yesterday.
Florida probably shouldn't count since they had two statewide races go republican. But even without them, the electoral college map is looking pretty good for 2020, basically if just MI/WI/PA stay blue.