You miss my point and that is likely because I identified the states by political party. Without the electoral college, the residents of Montana would have practically no say in who is elected president.
I didn't miss your point, I pointed out that the point was a logical fallacy. Doesn't do you any good if you get a tiny bit of extra influence when the system screws folks in other states who may think like you. And even if you're looking at issues specific to Montana only... Montana gets more influence under the EC, but not that much more. You can't really say that 1 vote is no say whatsoever, but 3 votes really makes their voices heard.
I think the electoral college requires a successful candidate to appeal to appeal to residents of more states than a popular vote system
No, it requires them to appeal to the voters of swing states. If a state is locked one way or another, even if only by a 10-15% margin, the minorty in that state essentially gets no vote. And that's the problem.
If you were the Governor of a sparsely populated state, and you had to decide whether a popular vote or the electoral college system would better represent your state's interest in the selection of the president, which system would you choose?
Almost no one voluntarily gives up power. Doesn't mean the status quo is right though.
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I didn't miss your point, I pointed out that the point was a logical fallacy. Doesn't do you any good if you get a tiny bit of extra influence when the system screws folks in other states who may think like you. And even if you're looking at issues specific to Montana only... Montana gets more influence under the EC, but not that much more. You can't really say that 1 vote is no say whatsoever, but 3 votes really makes their voices heard.
I think the electoral college requires a successful candidate to appeal to appeal to residents of more states than a popular vote system
No, it requires them to appeal to the voters of swing states. If a state is locked one way or another, even if only by a 10-15% margin, the minorty in that state essentially gets no vote. And that's the problem.
If you were the Governor of a sparsely populated state, and you had to decide whether a popular vote or the electoral college system would better represent your state's interest in the selection of the president, which system would you choose?
Almost no one voluntarily gives up power. Doesn't mean the status quo is right though.
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