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Originally Posted by spunkmister
I believe he meant that if it was done the way you suggest then Candidates would only bother campaigning in states with the largest population, and skip the smaller less populated states.
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They basically already do. Most of the candidates know where the battleground states are and where they need to focus. In the states where they know they are going to win big they rarely visit and the states that are close they spend a lot of time there. I would argue that having them visit really doesn't mean much. Most people know they are full of shit. They come in promise you things they won't actually follow through with and leave and the only people that really show up to listen are their supporters. With the internet, radio, TV and all kinds of print media there is plenty of ways for people to find out what the candidate stands for so there is really very little reason for them to actually show up in your state.