text: Bigger states have more atention in that state than a small state like North Dakota would have in a presindental election. The Electoral college restore the poltical balance that large states lose to the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution (Richard A posner). Florida popular vote was very close but "Obama won that election he got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin of Wyoming would the net the winner only three electoral votes"(Richard A Posner).