Because they ' ve heard hitchin ' a ride <| sep |> The way I see it , just because a majority of the country wants to live urban doesn ' t mean they should lose their voice to the few that remain in rural areas . Also like I said I lived in a rural area in Texas the second most populated state and my vote literally didn ' t count for anything because I was outnumbered in my own state so badly that there was no point in voting liberal . In a popular vote my vote actually would count alongside all the other liberals in the country . Not saying popular vote is perfectly fair but I definitely see it as more fair than the electoral college . And this isn ' t a new opinion of mine I also had an issue with the electoral college when I first learned about it during Obama ' s first election even though I supported him as a candidate .