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BeyondGeography

(41,198 posts)
Thu Nov 24, 2016, 11:30 AM Nov 2016

Apparently not

The Deep South (LA, MS, AL, GA, SC, TN) gets a dozen Senators and CA gets two. Total population of those states is about 20.5 million vs. 38.8 million. 6X more votes in the Senate with just over 1/2 the population. This is why we can't have nice things. Ever.

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