Electoral College

indirect-democracy Voting System for elections in the US

each state (plus Washington DC) gets a minimum of 3 votes (number of Senators plus number of Representatives), going up roughly based on population. But the smaller states are definitely over-represented (which was intentional in the design of the system).

http://webseitz.fluxent.com/images/stateElectoralVotesPop.JPG

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3736580.stm

Edited: 2010-07-09 00:00:00 | Tweet this! | Search Twitter for discussion

Bill Seitz