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It's also a totally undemocratic institution designed with slavery in mind and is thus irrelevant today. Just becuase it's in the Constitution doesn't make it right.
No it's democratic. All the votes in each state count.

And yes just because it is in the consitiution doesn't make it right, I agree. And thus we have three branches of government to amend the consitiution when necessary.

I'm sorry , but I don't think they are going to see a bunch of butt hurt Clinton supporters as making it necessary.
 
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No it's democratic. All the votes in each state count.

And yes just because it is in the consitiution doesn't make it right, I agree. And thus we have three branches of government to amend the consitiution when necessary.

I'm sorry , but I don't think they are going to see a bunch of butt hurt Clinton supporters as making it necessary.

The voters in Dakota (either of them) have 4 times the say as the voters in California. How is someone (a minority) being able to vote 4 times while someone else (a majority) can only vote once democratic? The EC also drowns out minority votes in a state, Florida would be far more Democratic and California far more Republican (probably be Redder than Texas honestly) if states voted per person rather than as a bloc.

There is nothing democratic about the EC, it's intent was to give less populous (in terms of voters) slave states an equal say as more populous free states. 1st the North than the South had threatened to leave the Union and it was hoped (vainly as it happened) that an equal say would keep everyone happy. Now that slavery is a non issue and populations have concentrated along the coasts, it serves no purpose. All the EC does is let a hick in Nowhere, USA dictate who the president will be. This is why big EC states are so vital to the election. A person who sweeps up the interior can win the presidency with ~25% of the popular votes, grabbing a handful of these states to keep them under 270 and picking up a state like Texas is the only way to win the election for 99% of canadates.
 
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The voters in Dakota (either of them) have 4 times the say as the voters in California.
both of them together equal 6 votes, California has 55.

So show me how both the Dakotas 6 votes equal ten fold of California's 55 whole only being 4 times the votes.

Do you not comprehend the electoral college?
 
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both of them together equal 6 votes, California has 55.

So show me how both the Dakotas 6 votes equal ten fold of California's 55 whole only being 4 times the votes.

Do you not comprehend the electoral college?

And California is missing votes, 7 I think. They're given to smaller states (Alaska has an extra vote for this reason) to boost the value of their vote. This made sense when trying to keep 1/2 the country from declaring independence, it doesn't make sense today.

Subtract all the big wins Trump had and add Colorado and Hawaii to his colome and he STILL wins the EC with ~30% of the popular vote. It's insane and had it worked out for someone you absolutely hated (like Clinton) you would, whatever you try to claim now, be in an uproar.
 
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And California is missing votes, 7 I think. They're given to smaller states (Alaska has an extra vote for this reason) to boost the value of their vote. This made sense when trying to keep 1/2 the country from declaring independence, it doesn't make sense today.
Alaska has three. That is the minimum. The same problem would occur today.
 
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The ONLY reason Alaska has more Electoral Votes per X number of voters than CA, is because of the 3 Electorate minimum per State. All other States over the minimum number have proportional Electoral Votes per population. GET OVER IT! :D

You are the one crying adout the electoral college you are the one with something to get over.
 
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