(09-26-2020, 04:10 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: As far as how states select their legislature, that's up to the states.  An electoral college of sorts at the state level would fix that.  Break it up into counties.

You would be surprised at just how red many states would be if it was done like that.  New Mexico overall is a red state, but Albuquerque and Santa Fe pretty much decide which way the state goes.  The same can be said about Colorado with Denver being the deciding factor.  The same with Oregon, Washington State and dare I say it?  California.

The whole point of representative government is to make sure that everyone who could potentially participate in a violent revolution [i.e., all adults] feels that they have a say.
When they feel like they already have a say, they don't listen to their local Che Guevara wannabe.
People in urban areas are in regular contact with a larger number of people than people in rural areas.
I think the voting system should treat them equally, but if you were going to favor one over the other, and you wanted to prevent violent revolution, you should favor the urban areas.

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