[quote=Marilyn Monroe;1057659232]I never really thought about it. I think it's fair. Wyoming having more of a vote doesn't matter all that much cause I've never known them to determine an election. [/quote[
Sure it does. Lets say each state only had one vote per representative, instead of one vote per rep and senator. I'd have to do the math, but I'm pretty sure Gore and Kerry both would have won.
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I don't understand how they are getting more of a vote to be frank. The electoral college numbers per state are based on the total Representatives, and Senators you have. All states have Two Senators, and the Represenatives are based on the population. Wyoming has two Represenatives, and California has fifty-three. I'm not seeing where Wyoming has more of a vote per person, but maybe somebody will explain it to me.
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Lets say the Electoral College was done by representatives only. Wyoming residents and Californians would be more or less equal, since congressional districts are about the same size (Yes, I know Wyoming's population is smaller than a standard CD, but lets ignore that for now.) If it was just by reps, everyone would have about the same vote. But since it's done by senators too, those few thousand people in Wyoming get two extra votes tacked onto their total, while the millions and millions of people in California get the same extra two votes tacked on. That means the people in Wyoming get more of a vote. Make sense now?