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Even without voting suppression the deck is stacked against large states: So, in this mathematical scenario: | |||
Group Population Share of U.S. + D.C. population Electoral votes Smallest-population winning coalition 147,305,995 43.1% 270 Remaining states 193,839,675 56.9% 268 So a candidate could theoretically win the presidency while representing states containing about 43% of the population, while the losing side could represent states containing about 57% of the population. | |||
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