“and slightly weakens big populous states that the Dems traditionally win.”
Looking at the 2000 election.
A Gore took the popular vote by 500,000 overall.
In California Al Gore took the popular vote by 7,000,000.
SOOOO going into California Bush had a 6,500,000 vote lead!
Lets keep the Electoral College as is. The Founders KNEW what the were doing!
Preaching to the choir my friend.
It was a 1.3 M vote margin, but your point is well taken.