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TomVilmer

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18. Representation by more than just the votes...

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 05:30 PM

Sep 2018

... is very normal in most representative democracies. To assign two Senators to every state, regardless of size or population, gives every State equal possibilities. The effect is to make representation more representative. Representation only by size of population would give the big coastal States too much power. You might want this to be different, but then it would not really be a representative democracy!

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I never hesitate to repost this... [View all] MrScorpio Sep 2018 OP

Fantastic 70,000th post! Moostache Sep 2018 #1

Bookmarked. MontanaMama Sep 2018 #2

I found this similar one some time back. JohnnyRingo Sep 2018 #3

Gerrymandering is unconstitutional. It subverts the principle of representative government DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #5

I live next to a gerrymandered district JohnnyRingo Sep 2018 #13

Thank You...what you have posted totally explains the idea of "gerrymandering" Stuart G Sep 2018 #4

Dems have done it too, but Republicans used a computer in 2010. DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #7

Due to the concentration of liberals, it's much easier for Republicans to successfully gerrymander. Garrett78 Sep 2018 #14

Dems do #2 zipplewrath Sep 2018 #6

Any example? Roland99 Sep 2018 #9

A picture IS worth a thousand words. Thanks! nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #8

K and R...in case anyone missed this, it is very important..everyone needs to see this...no text. Stuart G Sep 2018 #10

I wonder moondust Sep 2018 #11

K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #12

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #15

Michigan has a petition on the upcoming ballot tiredtoo Sep 2018 #16

Gerrymandering has an old, dishonorable history... malthaussen Sep 2018 #17

Representation by more than just the votes... TomVilmer Sep 2018 #18