Swing states shift from time to time. If a region (like the Rust Belt) decides it no longer wants to be a safe zone for a political party, then it's relevance increases. It's not entirely the Republican Party's fault that the coastal states vote straight ticket D or entirely the Democratic Party's fault much of the Southeast voted straight ticker R. The fault lies with the people that refuse to see things objectively. Relevance would change with these regions, once that changes.
Also, diversity does not mean ethnic minorities. That is a quite bigoted way of looking at things. Ethnic background should not develop a person's political leanings. Diversity means bringing in people with various lifestyles. That should include farmers, ranchers, hunters, factory workers, miners, lumberjacks, and all the other jobs you might consider deplorable.
If you remove the EC, you will only have politicians ever campaign in major population areas, limiting the diversity quite drastically. No one will appeal to rural areas, small towns, or even smaller metro areas. There would be no need to do so.
The Democrats need to remove themselves from the ivory tower, or they will continue to lose influence. Establishment GOP was doing exactly the same thing.
So the Democrats should just support segregation, pro-"life" and conversion therapy again to appeal to the rednecks. That truly is democracy at work!
