Reply #7: i like the table at the link

[Bill McBlueState]

Another argument that appeared in McPaper a couple weeks ago in favor of the electoral college was that following: Elections in cities are prone to corruption, so we should support the winner-take-all electoral college system because it marginalizes the largest cities.

(e.g. New York is considered a safe state for Kerry, so it doesn't matter if there are irregularities in NYC since Kerry will win anyway.)

And there's the argument that the current system forces the candidates to visit small states instead of just the population centers. But... if it's a population center isn't it completely reasonable that candidates would spend lots of time there?

We all know here that the electoral college system makes some votes worth more than others. The extent to which one is bothered by that indisputable fact is the extent to which one will be dissatisfied with the present system.