[Paine in the Neck]

The end of the Electoral College means that the Dems will be the permanent majority party. The Electoral College is the result of Federalism and states' rights. The Dems will pile up huge majorities in the urban areas and in big states. The GOP will never win the WH again.

We will become like the empires of yore, mega cities which dominated vast swathes of surrounding countryside for their own aggrandizement - kind of like Chicago controls IL.

[CitizenUSA]

“We will become like the empires of yore, mega cities which dominated vast swathes of surrounding countryside for their own aggrandizement - kind of like Chicago controls IL.”

That is exactly right. Outside of St. Louis and Chicago, Illinois is fairly conservative. Illinois Republicans are effectively disenfranchised. They have virtually no power or say in their own government even though they are a very large minority with over 40% (Romney = 41.1%) of the vote.

Chicago, a well known center of fraud and corruption, rules Illinois, and there’s not a darn thing the other 40%+ can do about it. THIS is what Oklahoma senators want on a national level??? It’s insane.