Originally Posted by kane

I disagree. The number just don't tell that story. Look at the this page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...election,_2008

while some states are dark red and dark blue, many of them are actually pretty close. As technology advances more and more companies are leaving the population centers and moving into rural areas and going with them are the workers that have jobs in those fields.

The population centers of this country have always controlled it and always will. The question is how much power do those who live outside of those centers now have? The answer is plenty. By forcing candidates to pay attention to all of the voters nationwide not just those states they need to carry in the next election everyone is better off not just those who happen to live in battleground states.