90+% of the population in Utah is urban. The idea that the <10% of voters run the show is absurd.
Owning the water rights and the land are separate issues from political influence. That is a legal matter, not political.
Owning the water rights and the land are separate issues from political influence. That is a legal matter, not political.
https://www.zipdatamaps.com/politics/state-level/districts/m...
It is not like the Federal senate where each state gets fixed representatives, independent of population.
For example, Salt Lake country has 12/29 senate representatives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Legislative_distric...
Imagine trying to fill 10 cups to 51% with one cup of water.
There are so few people in actual rural areas that if you go to a meeting where delegates are allocated by population they are few and far between. The vast majority of the population comes from four counties on the Wasatch Front - Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Weber - and the next four counties (Washington, Cache, Tooele, and Box Elder) are predominantly urban populations as well.
The longer states wait to buy back those water rights, the more expensive it is going to be.