I think strong republican states need to do something to make sure it stays that way. Because dense liberal cities end up taking over. To counter that I propose that
1- the governor is elected base on a county vote. One county one vote. The governor controls the budget. Most states would then have a republican governor.
2- city councils can be elected by the city jurisdictions, but the mayor is appointed by the governor. The mayor controls the budget.
3- balanced budget amendment to the state constitution, and a maximum debt ceiling.
4- term limits
But if you add term limits, won’t it make the congresscritters plunder the treasure and people’s purse more?
And they can’t work In politics after. No being a lobbyist. No consulting. No federal or state employment.
the problem with this is that the states are sovreign and the union of states empowers the federal umbrella
if counties voted for governor then the counties would be the sovreign states and the state would be the federal umbrella over it
the "United counties of Idaho" would then devolve because the counties could federalize themselves and make townships vote for the county commissioner, making the county the "United townships of bumfuck county"
once this gets down to the individual level again we are back where we started, 1 vote per person
I’m not quite sure how you jumped to this conclusion. The state can run its government however the people decide by what they vote for in the state constitution. There is nothing that would prevent the people from voting a state constitutional amendment to have the governor chosen by county.
Are you confusing state constitutions with The US Constituton?
not confusing anything, I'm explaining that the reason for the electoral college, the basic concept of it, doesn't apply to the counties of a state
the electoral college is the result of the state being the basic unit of sovreign government in our system
it's not a necessity, or an eventuality or anything like that... its just the way the system was built
there are no articles in the Constitution that bestow any power at all to any government entities smaller than the state... there is the individual, the states, and union of states
it may seem like semantics but these things matter. it's why Los Angeles county cant unilaterally declare itself a state and elect senators no matter how many people live there and why half the counties in texas can't vote to secede and join Mexico