Truly think about it a bit more, though. The president doesn't make the laws which is why I'm concentrating on senate representation. Having each state with 2 senators makes sure that states can look out for their own interests rather than be subsumed by larger states. If the very large states like California and NY etc all became very Trumpian, and we had a Senate that was population-based, would you feel like Washington had much input?

This is important because people in Washington have different needs, priorities, and concerns than people in New Mexico...right down to natural resource management.

It may help to think of US states the same way that you'd think of individual EU countries.