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I know someone here can calculate how many Americans the 57 Convict votes represent ? (Original Post) Captain Zero Feb 2021 OP
47,000,000 more if we're talking total population. ZZenith Feb 2021 #1
It's not that easy. Every state has two Senators regardless of population. mobeau69 Feb 2021 #5
Ah, yes. ZZenith Feb 2021 #6
The comparison was to a recent poll that DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #7
I Saw That Someone Did The Calculation and It's Much Higher Than Just 57% of the Population Indykatie Feb 2021 #2
Someone posted earlier today that the 57 would equal 2/3 of the nation. LizBeth Feb 2021 #3
.... pbmus Feb 2021 #4
61.6% vs.38.2% (yuh, I know, it doesn't add up to 100.0% due to rounding) progree Feb 2021 #8
126,404,936(acquit) vs 202,366,371(convict) Angleae Feb 2021 #9

ZZenith

(4,109 posts)
1. 47,000,000 more if we're talking total population.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 03:45 AM
Feb 2021

331,000,000 x .57 = 189,000,000

331,000,000 X .43 = 142,000,000


Hope that helps.

ZZenith

(4,109 posts)
6. Ah, yes.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 04:28 AM
Feb 2021

Don’t have the energy to calculate it on a state by state basis but it would be WAY more than 47 million.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
7. The comparison was to a recent poll that
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 04:31 AM
Feb 2021

showed 57% of Americans supporting conviction and 43% opposed. The votes of 100 Senators broke down exactly that way, 57% for, 43% against.

progree

(10,864 posts)
8. 61.6% vs.38.2% (yuh, I know, it doesn't add up to 100.0% due to rounding)
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 04:58 AM
Feb 2021

Excellent Ari Berman tweets on the Senate and impeachment vote.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10022853

Senators voting to impeach represent 61.6% of the population (202,119,286 people)

Senators voting against represent 38.2% of the population (125,414,488 people)

Senators voting for impeachment represent 76.7 million more people than senators voting against.

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This just underscores how undemocratic US Senate is:

-split 50-50 but Dems represent 41 million more people

-15 states with 38 million people elect 30 GOP senators

-California with 40 million people elect 2 Dems


By 2040, roughly 70% of the country will be represented by 30 senators. The remaining Americans, who are disproportionately whiter, older, and more rural, will have 70 senators.


Angleae

(4,469 posts)
9. 126,404,936(acquit) vs 202,366,371(convict)
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 12:57 PM
Feb 2021

Giving each senator 1/2 the population of their state (population from wiki 2020 estimate)

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