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Originally Posted by kyp275
Actually, the EC's greatest flaw is that it effectively disenfranchises the minority voters in states that heavily leans one way or the other.
That being said, here are several things to take into account. Remember, the US is not one homogenous nation-state, it is a federation of states, and the EC system is borne out of that, as it helps to make sure that smaller states do not become irrelevant, and that the candidates have to at least attempt (or pretend) to care about their interests.
If you remove the EC, all that's going to change is that urban centers in states with large populations will get all the attention.
It's certainly not a system without flaws, but it also wasn't something someone just pulled out of their arse either.
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What you just described has nothing to do with reality. Which is that half a dozen smaller states are the only ones that matter and big states don't have ANY voting rights.
Here, this is a picture of real America. Note that if your State is not visible then you don't have any voting rights.
