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Yeah, that is true. In theory the smaller states matter, but I doubt candidates worry too much about losing the smaller states. I don't think any voting system is perfect.
In Canada, we have the parliamentary system. It's closer to a popular vote system than the electoral college, but it still has issues. One thing I like about the US system is that you can vote for different parties for your senator, congressman, and president. You can't in a parliamentary system. The way it works is you vote for your member of Parliament for your district. The party with the highest number of elected MP's wins the election and becomes the government.
Unless you had a true popular vote system, you are always going to have some issues.
In Canada, we have the parliamentary system. It's closer to a popular vote system than the electoral college, but it still has issues. One thing I like about the US system is that you can vote for different parties for your senator, congressman, and president. You can't in a parliamentary system. The way it works is you vote for your member of Parliament for your district. The party with the highest number of elected MP's wins the election and becomes the government.
Unless you had a true popular vote system, you are always going to have some issues.
Because the Supreme Court has judicial appointees by presidents who rule in favor of party line ideology and not by the actual Constitution of the United States by its original intent. We had 2 strict constitutionalists on the SCOTUS and one has just "died." All we have truly left is Clarence Thomas. Scalia was the other. The balance of power on the SCOTUS is currently in a dead heat with some of the more conservative judges more apt to bow to political pressure as well. This problem is also seen in the legislative branch with representatives and senators that do not seek the will of the people, but instead pen policy by political ideology.
The last two Obama appointees have been quite corrupt. Kagan and Sotomayor are hard leaning liberals. Kagan was instrumental in parts of the ACA and did not recuse herself when the SCOTUS had to rule on it. Ginsberg is another hard leaning liberal that does not recuse herself when cases where her decisions may be compromised are being examined. Kennedy is an odd justice where he sometimes jumps lines. It's hard to say which direction he may rule, but more often than not it's slightly to the left. SCOTUS justices are not supposed to rule by party ideology. They are supposed to rule by Constitutional Law as per the original intent of the founders. Sadly, the liberal stance is to bend the constitution to their will and understanding.
The last two Obama appointees have been quite corrupt. Kagan and Sotomayor are hard leaning liberals. Kagan was instrumental in parts of the ACA and did not recuse herself when the SCOTUS had to rule on it. Ginsberg is another hard leaning liberal that does not recuse herself when cases where her decisions may be compromised are being examined. Kennedy is an odd justice where he sometimes jumps lines. It's hard to say which direction he may rule, but more often than not it's slightly to the left. SCOTUS justices are not supposed to rule by party ideology. They are supposed to rule by Constitutional Law as per the original intent of the founders. Sadly, the liberal stance is to bend the constitution to their will and understanding.
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They don't fight over those states. Do you see hillary or trump campaigning in them the past month? They are in Virginia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania. Hillary done gave up on Ohio and probably florida. The last month of the election, the little states get to say "who ya daddy?"