Of course, all those rich people in blue states who pay a huge slice of the federal income tax take are also effectively disenfranchised. Their states are blue

Of course, all those rich people in blue states who pay a huge slice of the federal income tax take are also effectively disenfranchised. Their states are blue, and their red votes are meaningless. Harder to get upset about all the poor lawyers and bankers who don't have their votes counted, but it's just as real. Democracy is funny.