text: Furthermore, population is a big factor also in the electoral college. "In Defense of the electoral college: Five Reasons to Keep Our Despised Method of Choosing the President" It states that the electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance of large states. It's wrong because the big states are the ones that need that population in order for the candidate to win. It's pretty fair to do it by popuation because it depends on that specific person on which candidate is gonna win, not by the state.