generic-user-1 said:
thranx said:
generic-user-1 said:
Yes they do, because every state has 2 senators and a minimum of 1 congressmember(each gives one seat in the electoral college), no matter how low the population in the state is. that gives the most power to a vote in the state with the lowest population.
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So that must be why California a low poutlion state has 55 electoral votes compared to Alaska, a high popultion state with 3 electoral votes
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the vote in alaska is twice as powerfull as the vote in CA. why? because alaska has such a small population that they just would get 1 1/2 Electors, but the minmum is 3 Electors per state, so the vote from Alaska is twice as powerfull than the one from CA.
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only if you happen to vote for the winner of your state. otherwise your vote is meaningless. like any nondemocrat who votes for president in CA. Or any non republican who votes for president in Texas. Its leads to voter apathy and the citezens thinking their vote doesn't matter (well it doesn't) so lower voter turn out too. It neds to go, the time for the electoral college has passed and it is no longer usefull. I see nothing it does to help the voting process, it only hurts it.
