Pretty much . There are two arguments that can be handily made against it thoughMost states are pretty predictable especially if you exclude Nixon and Reagan ' s second campaign , more still if you exclude this one . if you look at what states are wonlost by which parties consistently you ' ll see some states don ' t matter . Montana , Wyoming , Alaska are all reliably red , Maryland is reliably blue . So why campaign there ? And who cares about their constituents or promising a darn thing ? The other one is that a distribution of votes in any way contrary to the popular favors our reliably conservative states . Those reliably conservative states above represent 9 electoral votes for about 2 . 5 million people , and California has 55 for about 37 million . 92 . 5 and 5537 Make like terms however you please , but with the understanding that all US population centers are similarly handicapped by the electoral college and those are all the liberal bastions of America .