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But I think the point is that the electoral college is specifically designed to lessen the influence of those mostly liberal cities in the federal election. So

But I think the point is that the electoral college is specifically designed to lessen the influence of those mostly liberal cities in the federal election. So you can end up with the winner of the election going to the candidate with the fewest votes, which has happened more than once: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_which_the_winner_lost_the_popular_vote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele...

supreme_sublime 9y ago
No, it isn't designed to lessen the influence of liberal cities. It is designed to lessen the influence of more populated states over less populated states. It is an attempt to level influence a bit. More populated states still obviously have an advantage in absolute terms, but it allows for more states to override a single large state.