Yes but the change that has so heavily weighted the value of votes to smaller states wasn ' t nearly the same previously , sure there was the senate and those couple of extra votes , but most of that gain was diminished by the house members . The Republicans changed it to increase the value of small state voters every year . The current implementation is not the design of the electoral college and it isn ' t giving fair weight . <| sep |> In high school , this girl would keep starring at me , sit kinda sorta near me , but never talk . And then , at one of the few parties I was ever invited to , a buddy basically pulled us together for a slow dance . And I , for once , wasn ' t horribly awkward . But she was . Eventually said it was awkward . I asked why , she said she had a boyfriend . Frankly , my heart was prebroken all the time back then , so her dodge barely phased me . I just took it at face value , finished the dance , considered it good luck to get the dance at all , then went back to the party . A week later she sent me a note apologizing for lying about having a boyfriend and not wanting to be dishonest with me . Only 6 years later did I realize that was her being into me and being super awkward about it . I was so awkward and self loathing , it took me half a decade to realize . Was not great technique on her part .