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Mme. Defarge

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8. This is why

Sun Jan 24, 2021, 03:51 PM

Jan 2021

our allies are losing confidence in our reliability as a nation that be counted on to defend our mutual interests. While the majority of American voters can usually be counted on to vote for the most capable and ethical candidate for president, they are too often trumped by the EC results.

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A Wyoming senator has 67 times more voting power per constituent than a California senator. [View all] Towlie Jan 2021 OP

And it is getting worse and worse due to population changes. Norm Ornstein writes a lot about this. servermsh Jan 2021 #1

Or 1 senator for every 3 million people. rickyhall Jan 2021 #2

This makes a lot of sense wackadoo wabbit Jan 2021 #32

I wish we could change this but the system is rigged. Nt spooky3 Jan 2021 #3

Sounds like a recipe for gridlock hack89 Jan 2021 #4

This is why Mme. Defarge Jan 2021 #5

The electoral college needs to go Hav Jan 2021 #6

Essentially Pantagruel Jan 2021 #7

TRUE it did begin to protect the wealthy and some of those owned slaves... BUT TigressDem Jan 2021 #18

Senate is probably superfluous Pantagruel Jan 2021 #22

NO it is checks and balances. TigressDem Jan 2021 #24

Reverse Citz. United Pantagruel Jan 2021 #38

They have 1/50th power in Senate. Same as every other state. TigressDem Jan 2021 #40

Now virtually impossible Pantagruel Jan 2021 #45

we don't equal representation by any measure Demovictory9 Jan 2021 #34

This is why Mme. Defarge Jan 2021 #8

Mmmm. I'd say that the confidence in the "majority of Americans voters" stopdiggin Jan 2021 #17

C'est vrai, Mme. Defarge Jan 2021 #19

We have 4 years to win their confidence back. TigressDem Jan 2021 #23

quite clearly DJT was a (historic) stain on this country's stopdiggin Jan 2021 #25

WELL, WE DO have to really BE more than VOTERS. Hard to think of the best way, sometimes. TigressDem Jan 2021 #26

LETTING a Tyrant become pRes or a Doofus who can't put full sentences together shreds confidence. TigressDem Jan 2021 #20

No. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 #9

Sounds fair but Rethugs will say Wyoming has 67X antelope than CA... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2021 #10

well, the greens, dem socialists, libertarians and independants stopdiggin Jan 2021 #11

With your proposal, what is the reason to even have a Senate at all? MichMan Jan 2021 #12

We need about a quarter million Californians to retire in Wyoming gulliver Jan 2021 #13

Checks and balances. Each State gets 2 Senators and then House is calculated by population. TigressDem Jan 2021 #14

I prefer a parliamentary system but that ship sailed about 240 years ago. BannonsLiver Jan 2021 #15

No. Deb Jan 2021 #16

K&R, Similar with electoral votes. California needs to sue for more EVs !!!! uponit7771 Jan 2021 #21

This reality is a real failure of our constitution Buckeyeblue Jan 2021 #27

Adding more states would be far easier Rstrstx Jan 2021 #28

Those 3 plus American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. marie999 Jan 2021 #30

DC would take a constitutional amendment. former9thward Jan 2021 #37

If that's true Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #41

The Post link mentioned the constitutional legal argument. former9thward Jan 2021 #47

Senators have a history of voting for things that are unConstitutional Polybius Jan 2021 #48

So essentially a unicameral legislature Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2021 #29

the argument you are making is exactly why The House of Representatives exists Takket Jan 2021 #31

Yes, or to put it another way, democracy is why the house exists, and Hortensis Jan 2021 #43

I think we need to look at the Senate body as a whole and not just CA vs. WY. Kaleva Jan 2021 #33

Expand the size of the House and weaken the Senate. roamer65 Jan 2021 #35

Many countries have an upper House that isn't "fair" in the context of one-man one-vote... brooklynite Jan 2021 #36

Two senators for each state. MineralMan Jan 2021 #39

Among the fundamental flaws in our democratic system that likely will destroy this republic Yeehah Jan 2021 #42

Weight their votes. snort Jan 2021 #44

A Wyoming resident has 67 times more Senate voting power than a Californian. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #46

We're stuck with the system we have in place forever Polybius Jan 2021 #49