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Originally Posted by UtahDan
Agree. No one would bother at all with Utah for example. Just win California, Florida and New York and you're pretty much there. You can ignore the rest of the country.
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they don't bother with Utah now. The 5 electoral votes are a done deal in the R column as it is. There may be valid arguments for keeping it the way it is, but this is not one of them, IMO. As it is now, all they do is figure out which states will be close and only campaign there. I understand why they set up the electoral college in the first place, but at the same time, it's somewhat annoying to me that my vote really doesn't count because I live in a state where there is never a question where those electoral votes will go. Don't forget, the writers of the Constitution did not have political parties in mind, so I doubt they envisioned it working like this either.