Conventionally, each state receives in the electoral collage THE NUMBER OF ELECTOR THAT IS EQUAL TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IT HAS.
An exception is Washington DC, which always has the same number of electors as that of the state that has the least population of people in US.
Rural life was much more lonely and often times involved close knitt communities of farmers while urban life was much more broad and offered a greater amount of jobs and people.
A or b there is no wrong answer
It shifted from nobles to kings
