[bigstrat2003]

The electoral college isn't unfair, it is one of the few things ensuring fair treatment of smaller states. You might value the equal value of each vote (which is its own kind of fairness to be sure) more highly, but it is flat out disingenuous to claim that elections aren't fair due to the electoral college. The electoral college is making different fairness trade-offs than you would prefer, but that's not the same as being unfair.

[jerrybender]

Only one small state (NH) gets any attention from Presidential candidates. Smaller states do not benefit from the electoral college at all.