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The Electoral College Needs 270 Votes to Decide a President. A Vote in Wyoming Is Worth 3.7 Times a Vote in California.
The Electoral College weights votes unevenly by design: Wyoming's 588,753 people share 3 electors, while California's 39.5 million share 54 -- a Wyoming vote carries about 3.7 times the weight of a California one. That imbalance has put the popular-vote loser in the White House five times in US history.
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