Forest Simmons wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>D- The smallest States each have 3 Electoral College votes (minimum 1 U.S. >>Rep seat plus 2 U.S. Senate seats-- U.S.A. Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 1) >>---- even if some disaster were to reduce the State's population down to 1 >>voter. >> >>Thus the voters/ ECV ratios are much higher for many small States than in >>larger States (such as California). >> >> > > True, but that doesn't make up for the fact that the voters in the larger > states are in larger blocks, and the larger states do vote as blocks in > the EC.
More importantly, all voters lose some voting power to the capriciousness of the EC, as well as to the capriciousness of Plurality. The system results in a net loss of the ability of the population to choose its leaders. No wonder there's so much apathy. -- Richard
