Electoral College Blues

In this map of the United States, the red and orange sections have equal population.  That’s understandable, as a) the U.S. was settled on the Atlantic Coast, and travel westward was very difficult at the time, b) people like to be close to the oceans for their aesthetics and mild climates, c) ocean ports facilitate business, and d) the interior of the country is conducive to farming, which supports low population densities.

All that’s fine until presidential elections come along.  Electoral college votes (not the popular vote) determine the winner of the U.S. presidency, and somehow these sparsely populated states are allocated a disproportionately large number of electoral votes, meaning that people living there have a far greater voice than people living along the coasts.

Voters in Wyoming have 4.1 times the political power as Californians.  Does that strike anyone as fair?