[roamer_1]

I don't know. I just think that the SPIRIT of the constitution is such that a proportional system violates the principle of the electoral college.

Thank you. I see your point, and I tend to agree with you.

However, I find it hard to believe that the framers themselves, had they foreseen the mighty influence of the cities in state and federal politics, wouldn't have made some allowance to offset that power.

Something must be done, and soon, for we are desperately close to a point wherein the opinion of a few cities are going to be enough to control even the federal elections. When that happens we will see true disenfranchisement on a national scale.

[LS]

Considering that most of the Federalists were in New York and Boston, plus Philadlephia and Hartford, I disagree. I think the Founders knew exactly that large cities would dominate states in a short time.

The trick is to again find ways to win the large cities.