Although this is true for the presidential election. When people go to the polls tommorow they will be voting for many offices besides president like senate, c

Although this is true for the presidential election. When people go to the polls tommorow they will be voting for many offices besides president like senate, congress, and local elections where your vote does have equal weight. And those offices will probably affect you a lot more than President will. And the notion of popular vote mandate is important. If someone wins a commanding popular vote margin, their ideas and proposals have a greater chance of getting put into place.