Considering the idea behind the Electoral College, no densely populated area of the country should be able to have a greater voice than a less-populated region.
In the 1790’s, the entire population of the fledgling United States was approximately 3.4 million people. Today there are states with many times more in population. For example, the population of the State of Wisconsin alone is approximately 5.8 million people. And in recent elections, we watch as a handful of densely populated state counties force their will over all the other less-populated but state-wide majority counties.
Why should those densely populated counties be allowed to determine the outcome of elections, in opposition to the overarching idea of the federal Electoral College as put into effect by the early founders of our republic?
Maybe it is time to double down on the Electoral College and require States to evenly apply the voting will of their populace with county electors who decide the electoral winner of the State, which in turn causes the State electors to decide the federal electoral winner.
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But, I think this would necessarily be a state by state action.
I came here looking for this exact topic! I agree, similar to the Federal Electoral College, we need a similar method state level based on the different Counties.
When you look at how the big Cities or Counties alone decide for the entire state (look at California, New York, Oregon and Washington state for example), you need some way for the outlying areas to be more equally accounted for.
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