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The only benefit today is for the GOP. They would never win the presidency without it they are so unpopular.
I agree with the 1st part but admit that the GOP is popular among rural America.
Rural America has very few people in it. The Electoral College makes "Rural America" matter by weighting it so that in effect landmass votes, not people.
My vote is worth something like 4/7 of a Wyomingite's vote because my state happens to include two or three large cities (that I don't live in).
It may be popular in rural America, but the numbers aren't there. The gop has won the popular vote once since 1992.