Message from @Techpriest
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Now each State begins with 2 electoral votes
as each state has 2 senators
Now for the U.S. House of Representative
Each state begins with AT LEAST 1 electoral vote
per house of representative
Okay than
Thankx
now this numbers increases
per population
so each state should have at least 3 electoral vote
Makes sense
and if you have the most people in a state
you get the most votes
which you get 55 electoral votes in California
Texas gets 38 electoral votes
NOW
This isw here it gets tricky
Almost all states use a winner-take-all
Alright I'm listening
beside Maine
Now in a winner-take-all system
It's whoever receives the most vote (not a majority, but a plurality)
IN a state
So let's take 2016 election
If Texas had 1,000,000 votes for Hillary Clinton
but Texas had 1,000,001 votes for Donald Trump
Texas give all of their 38 electoral votes to Donald Trump
Winner-takes-all
Damn
which is why popular vote doesnt matter
you can have 5 million californians bonus vote to your popular vote count
but their electoral votes will not be counted as strongly as someone from texas
Or Wyoming
exactly
Wyomingetes have the most power
Now for Maine
They use a joint-system
*split elector
whatever it's called and renamed nowadays
with split electors