[MRadtke]

“And then there were and are states that probably not ratify for the selfish reason that they don’t want the larger states deciding who will be President forever.”

I wouldn’t call it “selfish” for a state to not want to be entirely irrelevant when it comes to electing the nation’s next president.

[hanamizu]

“I wouldn’t call it “selfish” for a state to not want to be entirely irrelevant...”

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Well, strictly speaking it is selfish to want to avoid irrelevance. But I was being sarcastic when I used the word. Why would anyone think that states would willingly cede their importance in national elections and politics? It is like asking states to give up their equal voice in the Senate.