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# New proposal tries where many have failed
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/new-proposal-tries-where-many-have-failed/
- Published: 2004-11-22T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:40:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

two senators and at least one representative no state has fewer than three electoral votes. That means voters in sparsely populated states like Wyoming are overrepresented compared to states like California.

With 500,000 residents, Wyoming has one elector for every 165,000 people, according to Lofgren’s office; California has over 35 million residents which amounts to one elector for every 635,000 people. Wyoming has three electoral votes while California has 55, by far the most in the nation.

When Bush lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College vote and the presidency in 2000, some Democrats clamored for scrapping the Electoral College, but Republican-controlled congressional committees wouldn’t schedule hearings.

Numerous attempts to abolish the Electoral College have failed. Amending the Constitution requires a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and ratification by 38 states — no easy feat because small states are unwilling to abandon the disproportionate influence they get from the Electoral College.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 22, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112204.pdf?ref=smdp.com)