1 , Pidgey . <| sep |> That isn ' t even close to being right . The rural population makes up 15 % of the population and is predominantly white . Right now that 15 % gets a significantly higher voice in our political system than any other minority . And it is a gross simplification of issues to think that a candidate could just speak to city folks . Different income tiers , ethnicities , and education levels cause the city population to be very complicated and no one policy speaks to all of them . Fear that the urban groups would control everything and destroy rural America is just fear mongering designed to keep a biased system in place . The house and Senate are both already setup to favor more rural groups , why should the presidency also be favored towards the rural groups ? We have checks and balances for a reason yet we continue to ignore the most blatant violation of them .