[Townhall] An easy way to understand it involves reviewing the results of baseball’s 1960 World Series.
In the 1960 World Series, the New York Yankees had sluggers such as Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, Hector Lopez, Tony Kubek, and Bill Skowron. Their Series opponent was the Pittsburgh Pirates, a worthy National League challenger, but nowhere near the reputation and raw power of the Yankees. As such, the Pirates were huge underdogs.
 In game one, the Pirates won a squeaker, 6-4. The next day the Yankees clobbered them 16-3. In game three, the Yankees continued their batting prowess, pounding the Pirates 10-0. Fortunately for the Pirates, game four was not a slugfest and they won 3-2. They also prevailed in game five by a score of 5-2. The Yankees, however, couldn't be held down. In game six, they pulverized the Pirates 12-0.
So, the World Series came down to game seven, having been tied 3-3 over the first six games. At that point, the Yankees had outscored the Pirates 46-17; in baseball terms, an incredible gap in run production. If total runs, rather than winning four games, determined the World Series winner, the Pirates would have to outscore the Yankees by 29 runs in the next game, which would never happen.
In the seventh and deciding game, Bill Mazeroski, a second baseman not known for power at the plate, led off and hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Pirates a 10-9 victory over the Yankees.
Sport writers consider that this World Series was among the wildest in baseball history. Through all seven games, the Yankees outscored the Pirates 55-27, more than double the runs.
 Should the Yankees be crowned the 1960 World Series champs because they massively outscored the Pirates? Or are the Pirates the true victors because they won four games, required to be the World Series champs? You know the answer, it's the Pirates.
Each state represents an individual contest. Whoever wins the popular votes in 48 states wins all the electoral votes in that state. Nebraska and Maine have been the exceptions, employing the "Congressional District Method" which allows for proportional Electoral College voting.
Critics of the Electoral College ask, "why not revert to an aggregate, nationwide popular vote election?" California, Illinois, New York and other large population states would dominate elections forevermore. People in Alaska, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Alabama, Delaware, West Virginia, Maine, and other small population states would be disenfranchised. Their votes simply wouldn't count. 
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