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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Except of course for two things. One, the constitution, (i.e. the 10th amendment and all it's implications), and two, the electoral college is that only way that people that don't live in big cities can still have a say in national elections. The fact is that what is important to people in NY is not the same as what is important to people in Wyoming. Each state needs to have a say or you will end up with LESS representative government.
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The amendments can have been changed. It shouldn't be taken lightly, but it isn't something that is set in stone.
As for people in small areas not having a say. . . .actually they would have more of a say and more of a reason to actually get out and vote.
For example. I live in a state that is very liberal. It doesn't matter who the republican is, this state will go Obama in the next election. So in reality if I want to vote republican, my vote has zero say and is, in essence, a worthless vote. The same can be said for any democrat in states like Texas or Oklahoma. If you happen to have be a democrat and living in one of those states your vote is worthless. Because of this candidates pretty much only come to those states for a quick hello and and fund raise and do little if any campaigning there. The voters are pretty much ignored. If it were a nationwide campaign a democrat might actually care about the democratic voters in Texas and a republican might care about the republican voters in Oregon or California. They might actually encourage people to get out and vote for them because those people could effect some change now and their vote would not be lost. Instead of focusing all their efforts on squeezing every last vote out of a state like Florida or Ohio which is likely to decide the election a democrat could go to Texas and maybe round up an extra 30,000 or 40,000 votes. The same for a republican. They could go to New York and rally their supporters there.
It would force candidates to service their voters all across the country not just in the states that are likely to be battleground states in the next election.