(October 24, 2012 at 10:39 pm)Tino Wrote: I like the electoral college system. I believe the original intent was to give smaller states a greater impact than their population alone would justify. I think that's a good idea because states matter and they are greater than the sum of their parts.States do matter, but if you think the electoral college means smaller states get more say, you'd be wrong.
Out of the ten smallest states, only New Hampshire (9th smallest) is in the estimated 9 swing states that will win the election. Nevada is next (15th smallest), then Iowa (21st), Colorado (29th), Wisconsin (31st), Virginia (39th), North Carolina (41st), Ohio (44th), and finally Florida (47th).
Indeed, as I said before, because of the winner-takes-all nature of the electoral college, candidates can quite easily ignore states (both small and large) where they poll either very well or very badly. The focus is *always* on the swing states.
