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I was discussing the EC with friends earlier and made the statement whit the EC, as it sits, is worth keeping. If it was purely a popular vote than San Jose, CA would have equal power wit the State of Rhode Island. Is it fair that a larger city should have more power than an entire state? I feel the amendment that granted a delegate count equal to the combined number of Senators and Reps in Congress was a pretty smart move.
If it was only the popular vote than many cities would have more power over large swaths of land and many states in our country. Surely that would be problematic. Large cities and large states have considerable more power as it is.
They system is overall good, needs tweaking to allow fairness and to discourage cheating, but it is a fair system.
Fortunately 2/3rds of the states would need to agree to change.
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