If we divide the total U.S. population (about 319 million) by 538 electoral college votes, each electoral college vote should equal about 593K people. So if we take our nation’s most populated state—California—and divide its 39.1 million population by 593K, the state should get sixty-six electoral college votes. Under the Electoral College system, however, the state only gets fifty-five electoral college votes. That’s a difference of eleven electoral college votes—more than all the electoral college votes of the vaunted swing states of Iowa (six) and New Hampshire (four). It also happens that California has our nation's largest minority population, with about 24 million people, or 61.5 percent of the state’s population. Meanwhile, if we look at one of our nation’s least populated states—North Dakota—and divide its 757K population by 593K, the state should get about one electoral vote. However, under the Electoral College system, it gets three votes. It also happens that North Dakota has the lowest minority population in the country—less than ten thousand. That means in North Dakota a voter—who is most likely to be white—has three times more say in who gets to become President. And it means that a California voter—who is most likely to be not white—has a vote that is worth only about 83 percent as the rest of the country.

The above is copied from an article explaining how the electoral college gives some people more voting power than others, depending on what state they live in. It's kind of a goony article from a liberal source, trying to make some race-based argument for a popular vote, which is stupid. Popular vote is good, but the race-based argument is stupid, plain and simple. Their number are correct though, and it shows how smaller states' voters have more power than larger states' voters.

Full article here

The dems winning the popular vote is a given. Clinton won that by 2.9 million. She won California by 4.3 million. Let that sink in!

Why? Can republicans not win over a majority of the population with their ideas?

If you pay no Federal taxes you should not get to vote in Federal elections. Now you can have a popular vote.

Educating a populace that is getting free stuff from this day to forever is impossible.

I don't know who you are calling birdbrain. Calling names is a smoke screen at best.

Sorry furvur, it wasn't directed at you. I couldn't quote it because it was already two quotes deep, but PSB1011 called me a birdbrain because I asked if republicans could win over a majority of the population with their ideas. I was using birdbrain back to show the silliness of name calling. I agree it's a smokescreen for not being able to answer the question, or knowing the answer and not liking what that answer is.

Who's the birdbrain here? If republicans don't have ideas that people like, then why should they win elections? I think the birdbrain is the person that thinks republicans can't come up with good ideas and policies, but they should win elections anyways.

The founders were well aware of the evil of Democracy, they were familiar the the "founder of the Philosophy" Plato and his work "Platos Republic". It was never intended that every nimwit with a pulse 18 years or older be allowed to vote. As we continue going more towards "majority rules" we will see a continued decline, rights will be lost or restricted and fate will deal us a bad hand and hard times, from those hard times strong men will arise to lead us back towards good times and the cycle will continue as it always has and always will.

Then I guess the republicans should just give up? Or maybe we should just have a republican-run dictatorship?

I'm going to have to go with you being the birdbrain. Conservatives have always had the same message. Work hard, take care o yourself and your family. Be financially responsible. Don't rely on government to protect you or provide for you. That message hasn't changed.

What has changed is the way the populace views that message. It is now laughed at and ridiculed in favor of dependence on government handouts.

i think you know that and are just looking for an argument.