[lbo-talk] hicks v. slicks

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Nov 4 06:16:29 PST 2004


kjkhoo at softhome.net wrote:


>More generally, how does the electoral college give an advantage to
>the rural? Aren't the number of electoral votes proportional to
>population?

Closely, but the clout of small states is boosted by the fact that electoral votes are the sum of House and Senate votes. So the states with only one or three House members get a boost.

Doug



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