The Electoral College gives different weights to votes cast in different states as a mathematician explains

By Dale R. Durran, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington. Weighing up your votes northcharleston/flickr, CC BY In the days following the 2016 presidential election, many pundits and voters alike were stunned by the disparity between the popular vote, which went for Hillary Clinton, and the Electoral College, which…