Absolutely correct on the Electoral College, ForReal.
Counting things that do not count is not the way to win.
If the rules were that the votes that count are only the total popular vote count in New York, California, Florida and Pennsylvania, it would prompt candidates to plan their campaign accordingly.
Which, BTW, is probably what would happen if the Electoral College was canned. No candidate would spend $$$ in Iowa, South Carolina etc. Those states would never see a candidate, because there are not enough available popular votes available to bother.
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