Yes. It’s their right to have a voice and it’s discriminatory to think otherwise.

So much condescension in a single line, quite a performance. Also a good demonstration of how representative democracy does its job in protecting those people from those who consider themselves morally superior over them.

Yes, I do, so that the rich states don’t fall into the trap of thinking everybody is like them and as rich as them and thinks as they do and loves every new idea they have.

Checks and balances.

It would be interesting to see what would happen if the blue areas stopped sending the red areas simulated pieces of green paper and the red areas stopped sending the blue areas food, water, and energy.

I say "areas" because there aren't really any "blue states". Just islands of blue in a sea of red.

Interesting in theory, that is. I would recommend against running this experiment in real life. Strongly.

> Just islands of blue in a sea of red.

Yes, that's population density. People vote, land doesn't. Ideally.

You'd be setting the stage for Civil War, round #2.