But if you divide the population of CA by those 55 votes and the population of WY by its 3 votes, each  WY votes is worth more than each CA vote. If we completely ignored state lines for the sake of national elections, letting the majority across the country determine the winner, then that makes all persons' votes equal. I would not be voting as a part of California  or as a New Yorker or a Vermonter or a Kansan. Just one vote wherever you live.