9 States have 18 Senators and Half the US Population

[jeff47]

312. That's a lovely theory. The problem is reality.

Reality is rural states get lots more than populous states. So instead of working as a check against populous states, the Senate is giving rural states a lot more money and services.

Again, why should those of us in the populous states find this to be acceptable?
State...................$$ from Feds/$$ paid to feds
New Jersey.............0.61
Nevada..................0.65
Connecticut............0.69
New Hampshire........0.71
Minnesota..............0.72
Illinois....................0.75
Delaware................0.77
California................0.78
New York................0.79
Colorado.................0.81
(snip)
Kentucky................1.51
Virginia...................1.51
S. Dakota...............1.53
Alabama.................1.66
N. Dakota...............1.68
W. Virginia..............1.76
Louisiana................1.78
Alaska....................1.84
Mississippi...............2.02
New Mexico.............2.03
(Source: Taxfoundation.org)

Not 100% rural vs populous, but the trend is obvious. Your concerns about rural states being forgotten have been waaaaaay over-corrected.

The Senate is intended as a safety mechanism to prevent large states from bulldozing right over rural states.

No, the Senate is intended to represent the states. Originally, we were the United States, as in "The United States of America are located in North America". Note the plural. We were a collection of states, not a country. Thus it made sense to the founders to represent the states themselves, as opposed to the people.

One of the ground-shifting changes of the Civil War was to change from "The United States of America are..." to "The United States of America is...." We became more of a country instead of a collection of states. Thus state representation seems like an anachronism, just like the Electoral College.

When the constitution was written, there wasn't as large a difference in the population of the states. New York and Boston were "huge", but everywhere else was fairly similar.

We are part of the United States to and deserve the equal representation guaranteed us under the Constitution.

Yes. But why should you be more than equal via over-representation in the Senate? The House gives roughly equal representation. The Senate does not.

It seems to me that you are saying that some are more equal than others.

You are claiming rural states deserve more representation in the Federal government. Making them more equal. You should at least own up to it.