[quote=@SleepingSilence]
We aren't a democracy. That is a clear distinction needed to be made. 
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Does it need to be made? Were we all about to rush up to the Pnyx and cast our votes?

Although something like the electoral college is probably needed to ensure some sort of representation for areas of lower population it is mathematically true that your vote has less potency in California than it does in Wyoming.