The Disputed 2000 Election Electoral College Votes By State and Rank
			The chart below shows how the Electoral College favors a few states over the majority of states.  Because each state receives two electors for each of its Senators in addition to the number of representatives in the house, the least populous states have a decided advantage in the Presidential Election.  This is wrong and is one of the strongest arguments against the Electoral College. For instance, the citizens of the eleven most populous states (California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Georgia) are at a decided disadvantage. These states are awarded one elector for each 500,000 or more citizens.  The ten least populous states are awarded one elector for roughly half as many, or 250,000 citizens.
		State 1990 Population Electors Population Per Elector -2000 Rank Wyoming 453,588 3 151,196 1st Alaska                     550,043   3 183,348 2nd Vermont 562,758 3 187,586 3rd District of Columbia 606,900 3 202,300 4th North Dakota 638,800 3 212,933 5th Delaware 666,168 3 222,056 6th South Dakota 696,004 3 232,001 7th Mississippi 2,573,216 7 233,938 8th Rhode Isaland 1,003,464 4 250,856 9th Idaho 1,006,749 4 251,687 10th Montana 799,065 3 266,355 11th Hawaii 1,108,229 4 277,057 12th New Hampshire 1,109,252 4 277,313 13th Nevada 1,201,833 4 300,485 14th New Mexico 1,515,069 5 303,014 15th Maine 1,227,928 4 306,982 16th Nebraska 1,578,385 5 315,677 17th Utah 1,722,850 5 344,570 18th West Virginia 1,793,477 5 358,695 19th Arkansas 2,350,725 6 391,788 20th Oklahoma 3,145,585 8 393,198 21st Iowa 2,776,755 7 396,682 22nd Oregon 2,842,321 7 406,046 23rd Connecticut 3,287,394 8 410,890 24th Colorado 3,294394 8 411,799 25th Kansas 2,477,574 6 412,929 26th South Carolina 3,486,703 8 435,838 27th Minnesota 4,375,099 10 437,510 28th Washington 4,866,692 11 442,426 29th Tennessee 4,877,185 11 443,380 30th Wisconsin 4,891769 11 444,706 31st Alabama 4,040,587 9 448,954 32nd Arizona 3,665,228 8 458,153 33rd Kentucky 3,685,296 8 460,622 34th Indiana 5,544,159 12 462,013 35th Missouri 5,117,073 11 465,188 36th Louisiana 4,219,973 9 468,885 37th North Carolina 6,628,637 14 473,474 38th Virginia 6,187,358 13 475,950 39th Maryland 4,781,468 10 478,147 40th Georgia 6,478,216 13 498,324 41st Massachusetts 6,016,425 12 501,639 42nd New Jersey 7,730,188 15 515,346 43rd Michigan 9,295,297 18 516,405 44th Ohio 10,847,115 21 516,529 45th Pennsylvania 11,881,643 23 516,593 46th Florida 12,937,926 25 517,517 47th Illinois 11,430,602 22 519,572 48th Texas 16,985,510 32 530,828 49th New York 17,990,455 33 545,165 50th California 29,760,021 54 551,112 51st
				In the 2000 Election, George W. Bush was awarded the presidency with the minimum number of electoral votes  necessary even though he lost to Al Gore by more than 540,000 votes nationally. This happened because of the Electoral College and the advantage given to least populous states. If the election of the President was by the popular vote, Al Gore would have won easily.   And if Antonin Scalia, the republican-Bush supporting justice of the Supreme Court had not issue an injunction to stop the Florida recount where Gore was gaining votes, Gore most probably would have won in the electoral college as well.