All Votes Are Not Created Equal

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Chris Kirk maps voter clout by state:

The average electoral vote represents 436,000 people, but that number rises and falls per state depending on that state’s population over 18 years of age…. The states with the fewest people per electoral vote, and therefore the highest “vote power,” are Wyoming, Vermont, and North Dakota.

In Wyoming, there are 143,000 people for each of its three electoral votes. The states with the weakest votes are New York, Florida, and California. These states each have around 500,000 people for each electoral vote. In other words, one Wyoming voter has roughly the same vote power as four New York voters.