The misapportion of EC votes is not nearly as big of a sin as the winner-take-all part of the electoral college. Indeed Trump still would have won 2016 if CA had 12% of EC votes, WY 0.6% etc.
This analysis misses the forest for the trees. Yes, this is a flaw in the EC that ends up being a wash in partisan advantage. But the main flaw that causes divergence from the popular vote is not.
The misapportion of EC votes is not nearly as big of a sin as the winner-take-all part of the electoral college. Indeed Trump still would have won 2016 if CA had 12% of EC votes, WY 0.6% etc.
This analysis misses the forest for the trees. Yes, this is a flaw in the EC that ends up being a wash in partisan advantage. But the main flaw that causes divergence from the popular vote is not.