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I made a spreadsheet of Electoral College changes over the years, noticing a trend. Do I have something legit here or not? (docs.google.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After noticing the electoral votes changed for this election from the last in 2020, I counted the change in differences of republican states and democratic states, ignoring the swing states. I noticed republican states gained more votes this time than last, and democratic states lost votes, overall giving republicans more electoral votes for this election. Then I kept on going all the way back to almost the civil war. To me, it seems the electoral college has been favoring red states from 1968 to present time. I want to post this somewhere to get feedback if there is a legit trend (red/right leaning) or I have missed something or anything else.

I tried to color the sheets so they are not too hard to read and understand. I also color coded conservative party as red, and liberal party as blue. There was a party shift between 1960 and 1980, probably having 1971 as the inflection point (WTF happened in 1971?). It was interesting to see some states stay mostly their colors from the remnants of the civil war to present day. You should be able to download the document, if you want.

Also, should I also send this to my representative or would that be pointless, or fruitless?

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Red states have always been low population states. Over time every state grows, but the big states were already big. The smaller states have more room to grow, big pop states are more expensive because of the population so grow less.

It's not some conspiracy, it's just math. Now the Senate is another thing. There shouldn't be two Dakota's for one thing, and New Mexico didn't have the population to join either.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I'm not entirely convinced that we need one Dakota, let alone two.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

We could combine the Dakota's, Montana and Idaho and almost have 1 state worth of population.