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And, folks often forget, the fact that the states exist and have control of their elections is part of what helps with the incorruptibility of the system.

States do a lot more then just vote for Federal legislators. We could have a federal election system that didn't take states into account but still had independent state laws, governors, police forces, etc.

Senators nowadays represent voters in their state, and not the state itself. The governor doesn't tell their senators how to vote