Questions about the voting system in USA

[Chaerophon]

I suppose I was splitting hairs, S.D. has something like .3% of the population and .5% of electoral votes. In principle, I don't disagree with slight regional overrepresentation; in my opinion, the New York's and Houston's of the world don't need the extra boost from pure rep. by pop. whereas those states with less clout certainly deserve SOME say. I suppose that that has something to do with my own Canadian perspective and the fact that, even despite some regional overrepresentation in the west, it rarely (if ever) has mattered which way that BC votes thanks in large part to the density of population in Ontario and Quebec.

However, I totally agree with you re: "moderate" states / the swing vote.