9 States have 18 Senators and Half the US Population

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22. Georgia is the 9th largest?

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Wow, I would not have guess that. And probably soon to be the 8th as it passes Michigan.

Now, look at the 9 smallest - just to increase the outrage.

Wyoming - 532,668
Vermont - 621,270
North Dakota - 641,481
Alaska - 686,293
South Dakota - 804,194
Delaware - 873,092
Montana - 967,440
Rhode Island - 1,050,788
Hawaii - 1,288,198
total - 7,465,424

about 2.4% of the US population, with the same representation as the top half.

Now, such an arrangement definitely offends (edit: "defends", wtf?) my democratic and fairness sensibilities, BUT, do we really want two legislative bodies that are just like the House? Is that one of our main problems in this country, that we don't have two legislative bodies just like the House? Because giving more senators to California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois is no more likely to produce a more progressive chamber than it does for the current House.

Further, it might be noted that in California, with it's 53 seats in the House has one Representative for every 711,168 people, whereas Representatives in Wyoming, Vt, ND, and Ak are mis-representing fewer people. My observation would be that the Senate, for all it's lack of fairness, has often been far more reasonable than the House.