You people need a civics lesson , seriously . The electoral college exists SPECIFICALLY because the small states were afraid of being ruled by a few big states . As it is , there is enough population in four states alone to dictate to the other 46 how the country should be run through simple majority . The Founding Fathers rightly viewed that as a path to tyranny . The system is weighted to give a voice to those who would be drowned out by the cacophony of the big cities . And if you don ' t understand why it ' s more important for the little guys to have a voice and vote that is equally important and loud to that of the big city liberals , then move somewhere ruled by simple majority . But don ' t pretend large population centers are somehow silenced by the Electoral College . After all , does not California command an enormous 55 votes ? That represents a little more than one tenth of the entire college . That is an enormous representation . There are fifty states , and one in ten votes belongs to a single state .