This is not a reason that they should get preferential treatment in choosing a president . They already have the Senate and massive investments from big states into their infrastructure . That infrastructure paid almost entirely by big states and cities has as much if not more a role to play in feeding ourselves as a nation . You think they ' d get those great cropcattle yields without all the water management dams , levies , irrigation , etc , agriculture technology genetic and mechanization , fertilizers , roadways , and seed from premium nurseries ? How do you think they get access to all of that ? By being rugged selfreliant free individuals ? What a joke . Their quality of life would suffer enormously without the big states and cities .