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Originally posted by drctfiesta
Very simple reason.
If it wasn't for the electoral college, only very large urban area such as New York, SoCal, SoFla, NoCal, Chicago would really have a voice, candidate would concentrate on the above area as they carry most vote and ignore smaller rural areas.
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they still do that. the amount of electoral votes a state has is directly connected to how many people it has. So the more populated states, and the state with the big cities, have large numbers of electoral votes and get all the attention. Look at a state like ohio. It has 20 EV's and is deadlocked so the candidates have been there so much they might as well rent an apartment. But look are my state oregon. It is going to be a kerry state, but up until about 3 weeks ago it was considered in play. But since we only have 7 EV's the candiates have hardly even been here. If I remeber correctly both bush and kerry have been here once and then cheney and edwards also have been here once. The population centers still rule this country.