Source: Bradford Plumer, “The Indefensible Electoral College,” Mother Jones, October 8, 2004.
"Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. (The Senate would choose the vice president.) Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 people, would have as much say as the 53 representatives from California, who represent 35 million people".
Plumer provides numbers to support his argument?
How do these numbers show inequality?
Answer:
Plumer compares Wyoming, which has a deputy in the House of Representatives to represent 500,000 people, with California, which has 53 representatives representing 35 million people.
Explanation:
The inequality lays on the fact that, in the case of a tie in the electoral vote, state delegations are commanded to vote on the president, but each state can only cast one vote, regardless of how many citizens are represented in that decision.
