The Electoral College makes no sense as a way of choosing a president,” wrote Erwin Chemerinsky. “It was not a problem in the 20th century, as it never was the case that the winner of the popular vote lost the Electoral College. But population shifts and partisan realignment have caused the loser in the popular vote to become president not once but twice this century, in 2000 and 2016. And it almost happened in 2004 and 2020.
Every presidential election brings us face to face with the decidedly un-democratic nature of how we choose the most powerful person on the planet: It's got nothing to do with who wins the popular vote. One man, one vote was not part of the plan.
Each state gets a mess of votes that are not closely tied to population, meaning the tiniest states have electoral powers more than three times greater than California's, giving them disproportionate sway over who becomes leader of the Free World.
At the other end of the spectrum, Washington D.C. has one electoral vote for every 223,934 residents; Vermont has one for every 215,821 residents; and Wyoming has one for every 194,686 residents.
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