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Originally posted by Dave:
How can giving more importance to people living in isolated areas be representative?
Becuase, though we don't think of it in this way much anymore, the United States is a collective of 50 sovereign states unified under a single federal system.

Plus, as stated earlier, it really isn't THAT much extra importance given to South Dakota voters
over NYC voters. Each electoral vote granted to each state generally represents a certain amount of voters. So it may be off give or take a few hundred, but it is close.

I'd agree with you that it was grossly unbalanced if Montana had the SAME NUMBER of electoral votes as Florida. But given that they have 3 while Florida has 25, it balances itself out.

Also, a sidenote, the Bush favored states from 2000 have gained quite a few electoral votes as a result of the 2000 Census. Population shifts to the South, primarily harming the Gore States, will give Bush an extra boost in 04.

Also, if Bush had won Florida by 3000 votes or more, and still lost the Popular vote, would people be as disheartened?