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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I don't believe this would be the case.
Right now, presidential elections are only contested in a small number of swing states: Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, etc. If the EC were abolished, every vote would matter equally. A vote from rural Wyoming, which is currently not contested at all, would count the same as a vote from urban New York City, which is also currently not contested at all. It would turn the election into a truly national race were every vote matters and candidates from both major parties would campaign everywhere. It would also make minority-party voters who live in states that always overwhelming support one party (e.g. Republicans in Rhode Island or Democrats in Mississippi) feel like their vote actually matters.
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It would turn even more into a turn out your base concept. The cheapest way to increase votes would be to improve voter turnout in high density areas. If this is the case you would see a push to even more polarizing policy then you have now.