... Without the electoral college that would leave a 2,300 mile long swath of this country with little or no voice in electing the President.
Not true. In a real democracy every vote counts; this has nothing to do with distribution of population and/or whether sub-groups such as states are involved.
By definition — Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Hmm. What if 51% of the voting population lives within 50 miles of the oceans, as Joemikeb has stated. Then for the only nationwide offices—president/vp—those few states are the only ones that matter.
As grebler says, there are other channels for democratic representation through elected representatives.
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