I think you arrived at the wrong conclusion regarding Ohio and Florida as places where politicians spend a lot of time. Actually, they do that because by and large those two States and a few others seem to be the only place where voters actually pay much attention to what they say and then vote accordingly. Most States's voters don't give a shit what they say and who they are.... they only care about the label attached to them and then like robots, they pull the switch for repub, or dem.. just like somebody told them to do.
Those chosen to cast their votes in the Electoral College are not bound by the results of the election. They are free to cast a ballot for anyone they wish. This rarely happens because the parties choose electors from their most loyal members. But it has happened.
I think what you are referring to is the rule that it takes 60 Senators to break a filibuster. But this is just a Senate Rule, and not in the Constitution. The Senate could change it, or eliminate the filibuster completely.
I was not referring to the filibuster rule, which was put in place long after the Framers were dead and buried. I am referring to the Framers' conscious choice to give small states an equal representation in the Senate with large states as a way of avoiding a tyranny of the majority. This was actually cited by them as a big reason for doing this.
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