# Electoral College v. Popular Vote - How Big Is Too Big?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 10, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-v-popular-vote-how-big-is-too-big/920262 "2020-09-10T14:14:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electoral-college-v-popular-vote-how-big-is-too-big/920262/251 "2020-09-19T01:37:23Z")

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I was just matching this post’s language

> [@Dark\_Sponge](#):
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> This means the country’s urban areas would be in de-facto control of EVERY election.

Somehow I linked to the wrong post.

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