Quote Originally Posted by Bearinabox View Post
I'm still not convinced that people who live in rural areas deserve to have their votes count more just because they live in rural areas. It sounds like something that maybe worked okay in the late 18th century, but now just makes no fucking sense.

Are you saying that you think Michigan's population will become majority-rural in the near future? I highly doubt it, but let's say for the sake of argument that your prediction comes true. Wouldn't that invalidate the justification for giving rural voters more power? Wouldn't they then inherently have more power by virtue of being in the majority?
I'm saying that yes, it is a real possibility.

With the manufacturing base practically destroyed in the major cities, there is nothing to keep the majority of people living in Michigan, in Michigan.

The rural areas, which mostly consists of people in the agricultural business, have no reason to leave.

Does this "invalidate" things?

No, it just make the original reason for it moot.