I said I'd stop, but this is educational...

> Has nothing to do with elitism, as far as I can tell.  It would be if, by 
> the current system, the vote of the rural areas carries the equal amount of 
> power as that of the urban areas.  They don't.  They carry more.

Want to know how each state is assigned electoral votes?

1. 2 for both senators
2. X for the number of congressmen (House of Representatives) of said state.

The number of congressmen is determined by the census conducted every ten years. 
In 2000, some states increased in power and some dropped in power based on representation.