The problem with deciding Presidential elections via popular vote is that candidates would naturally campaign in urban areas with big media markets and their policies would follow suit. Better to have proportional electoral college votes in each state so you campaign everywhere.
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But the country-folk rely on the city-folk for their services and infrastructure as the cities make all the money and make up the bulk of the tax base, so their needs to be a central government
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Sure. And they get a lot of subsidies to do that. Doesn't mean a voter in Iowa should have more power than one in Chicago.
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Have you seen what the voters of Chicago have done to Chicago!? To Illinois as a whole!? Yeah, I think a voter in Iowa should have more power than one in Chicago.
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