I am amazed at the oddity that is the electoral college. I am sure that most people here are aware that the EC grants more power to the lesser populated states and that it was set up that way for a reason.
I decided to investigate the actual numbers and was astonished to learn that my state of California has 1 electoral vote for every 615,848 people. Wyoming has an electoral vote for every 166,167 people.
More below:
Here are the numbers FYI:
State | Population | EV | Pop/EV |
AL | 4,495,300 | 9 | 499,478 |
AK | 636,900 | 3 | 212,300 |
AZ | 5,312,900 | 10 | 531,290 |
AR | 2,673,400 | 6 | 445,567 |
CA | 33,871,648 | 55 | 615,848 |
CO | 4,426,500 | 9 | 491,833 |
CT | 3,419,700 | 7 | 488,529 |
DC | 572,059 | 3 | 190,686 |
DE | 797,700 | 3 | 265,900 |
FL | 16,351,900 | 27 | 605,626 |
GA | 8,393,900 | 15 | 559,593 |
HI | 1,224,500 | 4 | 306,125 |
ID | 1,328,800 | 4 | 332,200 |
IL | 12,539,700 | 21 | 597,129 |
IN | 6,145,700 | 11 | 558,700 |
IA | 2,944,600 | 7 | 420,657 |
KS | 2,715,100 | 6 | 452,517 |
KY | 4,085,300 | 8 | 510,663 |
LA | 4,498,400 | 9 | 499,822 |
ME | 1,281,100 | 4 | 320,275 |
MD | 5,358,400 | 10 | 535,840 |
MA | 6,390,700 | 12 | 532,558 |
MI | 9,938,444 | 17 | 584,614 |
MN | 4,985,800 | 10 | 498,580 |
MS | 2,876,200 | 6 | 479,367 |
MO | 5,653,400 | 11 | 513,945 |
MT | 915,500 | 3 | 305,167 |
NE | 1,727,700 | 5 | 345,540 |
NV | 2,097,100 | 5 | 419,420 |
NH | 1,251,300 | 4 | 312,825 |
NJ | 8,495,500 | 15 | 566,367 |
NM | 1,856,500 | 5 | 371,300 |
NY | 18,976,457 | 31 | 612,144 |
NC | 8,049,313 | 15 | 536,621 |
ND | 642,900 | 3 | 214,300 |
OH | 11,353,140 | 20 | 567,657 |
OK | 3,450,654 | 7 | 492,951 |
OR | 3,492,100 | 7 | 498,871 |
PA | 12,281,054 | 21 | 584,812 |
RI | 1,053,900 | 4 | 263,475 |
SC | 4,012,012 | 8 | 501,502 |
SD | 762,100 | 3 | 254,033 |
TN | 5,789,700 | 11 | 526,336 |
TX | 21,319,300 | 34 | 627,038 |
UT | 2,296,100 | 5 | 459,220 |
VT | 614,600 | 3 | 204,867 |
VA | 7,187,100 | 13 | 552,854 |
WA | 6,019,400 | 11 | 547,218 |
WV | 1,810,400 | 5 | 362,080 |
WI | 5,419,800 | 10 | 541,980 |
WY | 498,500 | 3 | 166,167 |
US | 284,290,181 | 538 | 528,420 |
Is this fair? What about 1 person one vote?