9 of those 30 states have more cows than people [1].
When your state is a single dude standing in a field filled with cows, getting the popular vote doesn't say much.
1. https://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inventory-vs-human-popula...
When your state is a single dude standing in a field filled with cows, getting the popular vote doesn't say much.
1. https://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inventory-vs-human-popula...
Your comment implies that the needs of these states is somehow less important in the governance of our nation.
Getting rid of the electoral college system in favor of popular vote isn't enough. A couple states drive the productive, agricultural, intellectual and economic engines of our country. In a meritocracy, these states would dictate federal policy. Instead they're subject to the capricious whims of deadbeats. Another way to put it: who really needs who?
Some players are MJ or Kobe or Lebron, some sit on the bench. That's life.