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Many regions with large populations will have less. California drought, Florida hurricanes and rising sea level, Texas everything, etc. The USA may not exist then.
California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas. And yet the other 42 will have 84% of the power of the senate?
This is very disturbing as the Senate has more clout, that means the wishes of 570K ppl from Wyoming would equal or cancel out those of 39M ppl from California. It's an extreme case, but you get the gist of it!
We are the United States of America, not the United People of America. The Senate was originally designed to represent the states and senators were not elected by the people, but chosen by the state. The House of Representatives was designed to represent the people and was the legislative house based on citizen votes.
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That's how the senate was designed. To give each state equal representation. The House of Representatives affords each state their share of the population.
Yep. Some people seem to be forgetting that our country is the United States. As in all 50.
This is very disturbing as the Senate has more clout, that means the wishes of 570K ppl from Wyoming would equal or cancel out those of 39M ppl from California. It's an extreme case, but you get the gist of it!
Maybe global warming won't be so bad after all, lol. It sure would spur Americans in coastal cities to move inland and change the political landscape.
As long as they are Republican it sounds good to me.
This is very disturbing as the Senate has more clout, that means the wishes of 570K ppl from Wyoming would equal or cancel out those of 39M ppl from California. It's an extreme case, but you get the gist of it!
Maybe global warming won't be so bad after all, lol. It sure would spur Americans in coastal cities to move inland and change the political landscape.
Solidly blue VT with 625,000 people offsets Wyoming, so what's your point? NH, Maine, and RI are also low population blue States. Folks that always compare WY to CA are disingenuous given the Dems also have their low population States.
The 13 States that formed the US understood the population disparities as did the other 37 that subsequently joined the union. It is because of the population disparity that the Senate exists as it does and the House exists as it does. It was a stroke of genius to balance population considerations with the inherent equality of the individual States.
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California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas. And yet the other 42 will have 84% of the power of the senate?
Rural areas deserve more representation. It seems that living in big cities destroys people's ability to think clearly. Constantly on the go and their brains rattled by noise and air pollution causes long term degradation in their thought processes. Rural people who live at a slower pace, breathe clean air, and aren't compromised by noise pollution help keep our country from falling off a cliff. I think the founding fathers understood this.
California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas. And yet the other 42 will have 84% of the power of the senate?
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Rural areas deserve more representation. It seems that living in big cities destroys people's ability to think clearly. Constantly on the go and their brains rattled by noise and air pollution causes long term degradation in their thought processes. Rural people who live at a slower pace, breathe clean air, and aren't compromised by noise pollution help keep our country from falling off a cliff. I think the founding fathers understood this.
California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas. And yet the other 42 will have 84% of the power of the senate?
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