It's not incidental that they don't live in every state in equal proportion. That's a result of policy instituted by systems that, surprise, surprise have been racist for centuries. When exactly did the electoral college stop being a way to give an outsize influence to the rural white vote? That's always been it's purpose.

If you examine the historical evidence, the common reason given for the electoral college, that the founding fathers feared a demagogue, has scant evidence in its favor save for a little bit of rhetoric here and there while the constitution was being framed. The reason that is far more substantiated and coherent with the rest of the politics of the time is that the electoral college protected the influence of white landowners in states that depended on slavery.

Race in American politics is not some fucking trend. Like really? That's what you're going to go with?