Exactly.
The idea of the EC is to give a bit more power and say to the smaller states. Otherwise, the candidates would just campaign in the states with high EC votes, right? A candidate can
win with a coalition of small states—or more likely one with some big states and a whole lot of small ones. “Flyover
country”
In some elections it looked like the Northeast/East and California/West Coast went solid Dem. These “red states”
were often scoffed at as “flyover country”. What was interesting was a county by county map of the U.S. In
2000 it was a sea of red with some blue splotches.
In my song parody of “Massachusetts” (Bee Gees) about the 04 election, I wrote:
(Kerry) Got a lot of votes in San Francisco
New York and L.A., they loved you too
But you’re still going back to Massachusetts
The Swift Boat hero, left Democrats so blue.
I have brought up your argument before: it could backfire
on the Dems in the way you say.
THOSE red states, I meant
The Bee Gees spelled that M-a-a-a-a-s-achusetts.