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Originally Posted by MegaErtz
People need to understand why the electoral college came about. It is the same reason that PEI, with a population of less than 180,000, have four MPs. Smaller states were worried that their voice would be drowned out by the big cities, and the same is true today. You think Trump and Harris would be making pit stops at donut shops in small town Wisconsin if the votes in New York, Chicago, and LA actually mattered?
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The intent was to give power to small states, but the actual result was to give power to swing states, some of which are small, and some of which are large. Vermont and Wyoming don't matter. Florida and Pennsylvania do. It's an unintended result that's ultimately pretty unfair.