2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What if both Sanders & Trump went 3rd party, creating a FOUR WAY race? [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)But if it weren't for this system, they'd have no voice at all. The reason that it is so important is that these are the areas of the country where food has historically been produced.
These days they seem to care disproportionately more about guns, abortions and God, but there is a lifestyle that is different than that of city dwellers and policies that effect people in populated areas shouldn't necessarily apply to people who live in the country.
Safety and sanitation needs are different for example and this system of representation prevents federal laws from covering things that should more appropriately be handled by municipal ordinance or state law.
There are actual arguments for states rights, unfortunately there are also things that shouldn't be left to the states and those are the things that the states want authority over.