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Originally Posted by Flatrater
Your EC example is wrong we have 531 EC votes and we have 531 congressmen and senators. Each EC vote goes for each congressal district and each senate district.. Each district should have the same number of people so that would mean each vote is equal.
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there are 538 electoral votes, thats why 270 are needed for a majority win. California has 53 reps, and 2 senators. Assuming they have 30 million people, each representative has 566,000 people. Michigan has 15 reps, and a total population of 10 million approximately, so that would be 666,667 people per rep. I am sure that California has more than 30 million, so you get the point. You are right, each rep (approx) counts for about the same number of people. Population shifts, expansions etc. cant be accounted for right away. With the population expanding, I would assume that certain states would get more reps.