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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Rural citizens would still have their issues represented in government by their House representatives who are elected specifically to voice the concerns of their local constituents in Congress.
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That's true, but then you'd need to give Congress more power to offset the centralized authority in the executive, which has accrued more and more power to itself over time. The issue is that party policy is set either by the White House, or with a view to winning back the White House, and Congress tends to fall in line with that strategy.
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You'd be crying bloody murder if anyone ever seriously proposed an election reform law that gave other minority groups, for example LGBT people or the highly-educated who possess graduate/post-graduate degrees, identical disproportionate voting power that voters in small rural states currently have in presidential elections due to the EC.
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Hmmm... why did you select these two groups in particular as something you think I'd be upset about?
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Yet for some completely illogical reason, you think ignoring the principle of one person/one vote is perfectly reasonable because a comparatively small percentage of the population should have their pet concerns catered to solely based on the size of the community in which they live? Please. That's blatantly anti-democratic.
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Again, of the two of us, I'm pretty sure that you're not the one with a firm grip on logic, as demonstrated by the fact that you've just tried to put a whole bunch of words in my mouth that in no way follow from what I've posted. I didn't say you should "ignore the principle of one person one vote". Just the opposite. I'm a proponent of a solution that gives as many peoples' votes in as many places in the country as much practical, real-world value as possible - which is why I effectively suggested a version of the way Maine and Nebraska currently do things.
There's a reason Obama spent time in Nebraska in 2008 (which actually paid off). An ideal system would make the President responsive to the concerns of people across the country, not just in isolated, high-population areas.