No, it would be false to say that small states are proportionally underrepresented in the electoral college. To become president, a candidate needs 270 electoral votes.
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.
You must be thinking of John Quincy Adams, our 6th president, who chosen by the House of Representatives after no candidate received the majority of electoral votes needed for election.
To be declared the winner, a candidate needs at least 270 electoral college votes.
The group is called the Electoral College.
Individuals who support the candidate that lost the Electoral College election generally are against the Electoral College system.
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
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The Electoral college system
They are called electors and as a group they form the electoral college.
They are called electors and as a group they form the electoral college.
They are called electors and as a group they form the electoral college.
An electoral college is a set of electors who are selcted to elect a candidate to a particular office.
House elects the president if no candidate has over 50% of the electoral college votes.
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The Electoral College