Yes, but those rural states get the same two Senators that urbanized ones do, and conceding them means Dems have to win the popular vote by 5 points to have a break even chance at the electoral college. The Constitution is literally designed to force big states to work together with little ones to get much done, both through equal suffrage in the Senate and prohibiting amendments to deprive small states of said suffrage. If Dems want to get anything done, they have to crack the rural walls eventually.
That said, you’re not wrong that sending money to whoever was going to lose to MTG by 30 in a deep red district while letting JD Vance skate to the Senate was a mistake. Johnson’s seat in WI, the Dems simply threw away with a candidate that couldn’t win a general election. These things matter.
Yes, but those rural states get the same two Senators that urbanized ones do, and conceding them means Dems have to win the popular vote by 5 points to have a break even chance at the electoral college. The Constitution is literally designed to force big states to work together with little ones to get much done, both through equal suffrage in the Senate and prohibiting amendments to deprive small states of said suffrage. If Dems want to get anything done, they have to crack the rural walls eventually.
That said, you’re not wrong that sending money to whoever was going to lose to MTG by 30 in a deep red district while letting JD Vance skate to the Senate was a mistake. Johnson’s seat in WI, the Dems simply threw away with a candidate that couldn’t win a general election. These things matter.