If you abolish the EC

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25. Or we could allow for an increase in the number of representatives. (Capped at 438 in 1911)

California has 53 members in the house with a population of around 39 million people. That means that each rep represents approximately 735 thousand Californians.

While Wyoming has 1 rep in the house for ~580 thousand people.

If Californians had the same representation in the House as Wyomingites (had to look that up) they'd have (39 million divided by 580 thousand) about 67 reps.

So California would have 69 votes in the EC instead of 55.

If Democrats could craft a message around disproportionate representation in the house, this might be something that could gain traction. The most populous states are way under represented compared to sparsely populated states, that includes red states like Texas too, so it has bipartisan flavor. When you add senators which already favors smaller population states, then you get an even more tilted playing field in the electoral college.

Because of the electoral college, a Wyomingite's vote has nearly 4 times the power of a Californian's vote.