> This also makes many states cease to matter. States are abstract political entities; it's people who matter. People are represented in the House by populati

> This also makes many states cease to matter. States are abstract political entities; it's people who matter. People are represented in the House by population (less so than they should be since we refuse to let the lower chamber grow in size) and in the Senate by state. The President of the United States represents every United States citizen everywhere on the planet. The holder of that office should be elected by a majority, preferably with some form of expression of ranking preference, of those voters regardless of what political entity they are currently in or connected to.