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All the Dem's who're whining about popular vote are the same ones who'd whine about State's rights if it would get them the election. The electoral college is in place EXACTLY for the role it played in the last election... to keep large states like California and New York from essentially dictating the Presidency by weight of numbers.
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They wouldn't, even if the Electoral College wasn't in place. True, New York, California, and Texas all have millions of voters, but in last year's election, the difference between the winner and the loser was only a few hundred thousand.
Plus, who visits the small states, even now? How many times have you read about Bush visiting North Dakota, or Gore visiting Rhode Island?
I think that since only on a few occasions the winner of the popular vote has lost the electoral vote, the elections would turn out mostly the same no matter what system we use.