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The EC enshrines disproportionate representation because votes cast in less populous states have a relatively greater impact.

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The top counterargument is, "It's "disproportionate" in the opposite direction (unfair to small states) if you consider small states as equally sovereign to big ones. Population isn't all that matters."
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California: 36.5 million people/55 Electors= 1 Elector/663,000 people. Wyoming: 500,000 people/ 3 Electors= 1 Elector/166,000 people.

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