There&#x27;s a very good reason why we don&#x27;t use the popular vote for Presidential elections.<p>It&#x27;s precisely because without the electoral college, small states would receive zero attention on national politics.<p>Why would anyone spend time courting votes anywhere north of New York when there&#x27;s a much bigger payoff to be had working the rest of the eastern seaboard and the west coast?<p>To use your examples of Massachusetts and Ohio, why waste time on a campaign stop in Boston when you can hit Columbus? Columbus has a much larger population and one can also hit Detroit and Indianapolis in the same day to maximize their face time with the public.<p>Going to a popular vote will have consequences that people really need to thing about.