The only one who s looking at percent in numbers is Ralph Nader, because he wants to be eligible for federal funding and you need to get five percent of the vote to get federal funding. Yes, I think the Electoral College gives disproportionate influence to the most competitive states and thus you discourage turnout in less competitive ones. Secondly, the Electoral College has a bias in favor of the big states because of the winner take all provision by which forty-eight of the fifty states operate. Because the Electoral College gives disproportionate influence in the large states, groups that are cohesive and could hold balance of power in those states get disproportionate influence, Latinos in California, Jewish-Americans in New York, things such as that. The negative outcome of all of these things is that in a democracy, the principle of one person, one vote, that all individuals are equal should be the controlling and dominating principle.
Every time there is a bias, it goes against that principle.
One of the geniuses of our political system is that it facilitates public participation which is democratic but protects minority rights. The framers were very fearful of the tyranny of the majority, and I m always fearful of that when I m in the minority. Probably not if they don t want to, probably not. If you are directly concerned about an issue, you ll pay attention to it. Maybe not in excruciating detail.