The reason there is a constitutional mandate that the populations of each state and district be recorded and factored into representation in the House is so that the public could be accurately reflected in the federalist body. ... According to documents A and D, however, show that the United States' method of choosing the president doesn't reflect the population accurately at all. A state such as Illinois, which has a higher population than twelve other states combined, still has less than half the representation in the Electoral College than those other twelve states put together....

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