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		smolsky on Aug 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 15 states are trying to make the electoral college... ...and adjustments have been happening over many decades. That's why, say, California has many more electoral votes (55) than Montana (3). Yet it's still not completely proportional as California has about 40M people while Montana has just over 1M.

adolph on Aug 21, 2019 [–]

Yes, any state always gets a minimum of three since the number of senators is two and representatives is one (the minimum).

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