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In response to "in a way, shouldn't it? -- nm" by zork

On electoral votes, California about 18 times as much as Alaksa.

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Aug 31 '12, 10:15

But you can look at it another way - Alaska has 200K voters per elector, while California has 600K voters per elector. So an Alaskan vote is worth three times as much as a Californian vote.

Neither way of saying it sounds especially fair, but they strike a balance between one person-one vote, and one state-one vote.

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right, it's supposed to protect states like Alaska from getting bulldozed. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 10:16 2
- Not just Alaska. It's meant to lend balance to the 40 states that don't comprise the Top Ten. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 31, 10:25 1
  - (though no one's pulled off that group of states since 1980) -- nm - Reagen Aug 31, 10:27

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On electoral votes, California about 18 times as much as Alaksa.

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