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Marcuse

(7,479 posts)
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 01:14 AM Jan 2021

America's anti-democratic Senate, by the numbers

In the incoming Senate, Democratic senators will represent at least 20,314,962 more people than their Republican counterparts — and that’s if we assume that Republicans win both runoff elections in Georgia. If the two Georgia seats go to the Democrats, the Senate will be split 50-50, but the Democratic half will represent 41,549,808 more people than the Republican half.
[link:https://www.vox.com/2020/11/6/21550979/senate-malapportionment-20-million-democrats-republicans-supreme-court|
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America's anti-democratic Senate, by the numbers (Original Post) Marcuse Jan 2021 OP
Senators do not represent people, they represent States. malthaussen Jan 2021 #1

malthaussen

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1. Senators do not represent people, they represent States.
Thu Jan 28, 2021, 02:20 PM
Jan 2021

The House of Representatives represents people. It's right there in the name.

-- Mal

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