&gt;Wyoming voters made up 0.193% of the total popular vote in 2012. That would earn them a total of one electoral vote. In reality Wyoming gets 3.<p>and they get the same amount of senators as California or NY. This is why US politics will always lean conservative. There are just too many &quot;fly over states&quot; with tiny conservative populations that have an undue influence on national elections.<p>All too often &quot;money in politics&quot; are blamed for the lack of liberal or progressive changes in the nation. That&#x27;s a red herring for the most part, or at least, problem #2. With a system like this its very difficult to put in liberal reforms. Hell, Obamacare, which is pretty much a Reagan-era proposal, barely got passed with a Democratic majority in almost all branches of government. Even after passing, its been endlessly disputed with at least two major losses to the law via SCOTUS. Those courts? Packed with conservative leaning judges by POTUS, who has a major advantage to winning if he&#x27;s a conservative. This stuff comes full circle and starts with the over-representation of lowly populated  conservative areas.