Thanks, Nerd, for the well-worded explanation of why the electoral college system exists as well as who benefits from it. It's pretty much how I figured (I vaguely thought it must have been implemented to benefit less-populated states in the beginning), but it still seems to be a "leaning bucket".... a perfect set-up for the kind of mess your presidential election ended up with in 2000. Memory of that one still raises an eyebrow.