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700,000 people live in D.C. They have no representative in Congress. [View all]
Most Americans don't know this.
700,000 American citizens, who pay federal taxes, are not allowed to elect senators or representatives to Congress.
A majority of the citizens of DC are not white.
Out of curiosity, I wonder what the population totals in Wyoming, whose people have two senators and (I don't know how many) representatives in the U.S. House.
Let's add up different sets of states whose combined population totals 700,000 or so, and see how many senators and Congressional representatives they have.
Do we call this a democracy?
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