But thanksgiving was in like october ! ?<| sep |> Your scanning options look different than mine . How is that ? <| sep |> Trump did , he held rallies in Montana and Vermont but not Wyoming . The electoral college is a compromise between state rights and state representation . You can ' t deny that states generally develop their own political culture , its why we have red states and blue states . A large political leaning with a large population invalidates the voices of those in other states as well . Its not perfect but the popular vote pretty obviously favors its own states because of the culture that develops . People won ' t stop being underrepresented in red and blue states just because they ' re going by the popular vote , it will just become a focus on how populated their red or blue state is . I don ' t agree with the system as it is but I don ' t agree with the popular vote . I think electoral votes should still exist but they should be split to candidates with regard to the split within the state , population is a huge divider and it has to at least be mitigated slightly so smaller states aren ' t taken for a ride . California ' s 55 to Vermont ' s 3 is a difference of 18 x rather than the population difference which is over 37 x .