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Originally posted by sarah_webinc
The system was set up to give the smaller, less populated states, a greater influence (more equal) influence in the voting.
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not really . . . . it was set up because back in the day they did not have telephones, and telegraphs, etc, so they needed a way to get the info from the far away states back to Philly, or Wash, DC
today it is there more as a benefit to the smaller, less populated states so their vote counts too