Politicians wouldn't have to represent them with the popular vote. Politicians would just need to work on the select populated states to win a majority with the votes.
Which is why I am a strong proponent of having to win bot the popular vote as well as the Electoral College to assume the Presidency.
In this day and age it makes zero sense to not have a plurality of voters deciding the elections.
Now this observation has some real weight. Just curious, candycorn, how would you structure such a system? Roughly.
Exactly as it is now except you must also win the plurality of popular votes as well as the electoral college. If not, the House picks POTUS and the Senate picks VPOTUS; as identified by the amendment that sets up the system. At no point should we ever have a president that isn't elected by the will of the voters. Our Constitution is actually pretty astute on this matter. If the EC can't decide on the POTUS, the House does but it's members were elected by popular vote as well so the people are, in effect, still deciding.