It amazes me the sheer number of people that just don't get this. I personally believe that this influence Republicans to move a bit more center. but who knows

It amazes me the sheer number of people that just don't get this. I personally believe that this influence Republicans to move a bit more center. but who knows? A good example of what could happen to close the national voting gap: Republicans would actually campaign in California and a few of the big blue states. Right now, someone voting for a republican in California has very little incentive to show up to vote. Republicans start campaigning there and the voters now have a reason to show up. Maybe not enough to close the gap completely, but it could close it a lot with no policy changes, just campaigning and a reason for people to show. The same could happen the other way, but the big population blue states are more abandoned by Republicans than the big red states are by dems (it seems). Anyhow, if you change the rules, the players are going to change their game.