Al Gore Calls for End of Electoral College

[jeff47]

23. Now do the math for the large cities.

Greater Los Angeles: About 30M people.
Greater New York: About 20M people.
Greater San Francisco: About 10M people.

Greater Los Angeles gets 300 electors in your system. Do nothing, and it will be about 55% D, 45% R. That's 135 Republican electors, and 165 Democratic electors. If campaigning bumps that by 5%, that's 15 electors. That's more than all 3 of your example states combined.

Why would I spend resources in Kentucky, Kansas and SC? I can get more electors by staying in Los Angeles. And bumping that percentage would be far easier in one city where I can attract and campaign massive crowds.

Your alternative is I split my time between 3 widely-dispersed areas where I can only talk to relatively small crowds. That's a lot more money and effort per vote than staying in Los Angeles.

ETA: Even worse, what hope does KY, KS and SC have to ever get attention? North Carolina provides an excellent example where a state can become a "toss-up" after being traditionally forgotten. With 100% popular voting, that will never happen. The cities that are important will stay important forever, and everywhere else will be forgotten forever.