Indeed, there are arguments that small populations should, in some cases, have their votes weighted more heavily.

I have always wondered why staunch defenders of the Electoral College seem to take it for granted that U.S. states, but not other groups like races, deserve this treatment. Electoral College defenders worry that, if only the popular vote were to be counted, presidential candidates would ignore the concerns of states like Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota because there just aren’t as many voters there. But shouldn’t we also be concerned about whether those same presidential candidates might ignore certain races, religions, sexualities, etc. that have relatively small voting populations? Where’s the Electoral College to seek fairness for that?