When (R)s use the "don't let liberal-leaning population centers decide an election" argument

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9. It is only apportioned partly by population

Each state gets 2 electoral votes that have nothing to do with population - each state gets those two because they have two senators.

Then, each state gets 1 electoral vote per each congressional representative. Which, while more in line with a state's population, it is also not quite fair, as each state has a minimum of one.

California has 55 electoral votes because it has 2 senators and 53 members of the House. Their population is 39.1 million. So, each electoral vote is for about 711,000 Californians. However, Wyoming gets 3 electoral votes (2 senators and 1 representative) and has 586,000 people in total. So, each electoral vote is worth 195,333 Wyoming residents. So, each vote in Wyoming is worth equivalent to 3.6 votes in California.

Of the 3 vote states, only Vermont, Delaware and Washington DC are "blue" - besides Wyoming, the other "red" states are Montana, Alaska, North and South Dakota. So, Republicans have a built in 15-9 advantage in states that get over-represented in the electoral collage.