Quote Originally Posted by koolmoe
Quote Originally Posted by stuck
Besides which it gives people in smaller states a disproportionate number of votes vs. people in large states.
Well, that's kind of the point of the electoral college, now isn't it? This "problem" not a flaw; it is by design.
Sort of. not really. Back when it was first founded there were only 13 states and the population differences weren't as disparate as they are now.

For example: Wyoming and North Dakota combine for six votes, while their combined population is less than 1.2 million people; Arkansas, a state with over 2.7 million people, gets the same six votes. In addition to Wyoming and North Dakota, other states with only three electoral votes are: Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, Vermont, Delaware, and D.C. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Idaho, Maine, and Hawaii all have four votes. That's 13 states with a combined 44 electoral votes. They have a combined population (July 2003 estimate) of under 11.8 million people. Illinois, a state with 21 electoral votes, has a population of over 12.6 million people.

In my opinion, those are gross disparities.