Democracy Not Coming (to the USA)

Pathetic Ross Douthat defense of Electoral College, although even he is wavering a bit.   Yes, it might save Obama this time around but still I firmly, almost angrily, insist that it is fundamentally undemocratic--effectively disenfranchising the vast majority of Americans in any presidential race.   Tens of millions in California, Texas, New York and elsewhere basically don't count. Plus smaller states get an even bigger sway because they get extra electoral votes due to gaining two votes based on their seats in the Senate, like other states.  [UPDATE: Richard Cohen of Wash Post joins me in calling for end to our College years.]

Just a snapshot (and Repubs free to submit their own example, from their side, just as valid):  My home state of New York has a 2012 population of about 19 million, or 6.19% of the nation.  It now has 29 electoral votes.  Wyoming has a population of about 550,000 or 0.18% of our total, but 3 electoral votes.   In a true democracy,  New York would have about 54 times more electoral votes.  Instead it has about 9.6.   So Wyoming has six times the influence of New York.

No state has fewer than three electoral votes, including, for example, liberal Vermont--but nearly all of the states that get giant boost (based on having two Senators) are red states.   Note:  Commenter below claims that if we did away with the College no candidate would care about contesting Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont, Delaware, the Dakotas, etc.  Well, they are not contesting those states NOW because of the winner-take-all College, plus they are not contesting Texas, California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and on and on.