My Email To Schumer On A DEMOCRATIC Nuclear Option

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44. when I did the calculations

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I used the US Census updated population estimates for each state done in July 2016. So yes, the value of the vote totals would have to equal whatever the total population of those US states minus the DC and any territories.

Look, I know this approach is convoluted but given the the Constitution is for all intents and purposes reformproof... and NONE of the core antidemocratic features involving state suffrage has EVER been reformed... this approach assumes the Senate will remain the body that represents states and tries to impose a democratic structure on it similar to how the Popular Vote Interstate Compact tries to work around the ridiculous EC.

It's state suffrage that largely is responsible for the Constitution being difficult to reform because the formula for reform is ridiclous. States with 4% of the population can block any reform... that is if an amendment can even make it out of Congress. Because of the population differential of the states any vote in the Senate can represent states with a widely varying percentage of the population. These numbers were done using 05 census numbers but then a majority in the Senate could represent states with somewhere between 15 and 78% of the US population. Maintaining a filibuster could represent states with between 10 and 60% of the population. AND THAT'S THE ABSURDITY OF STATE SUFFRAGE.

State suffrage is a corrupting concept that undermines all democratic instincts. Not even a Bernie Sanders speaks against it even if arguably it's responsible for most of what he rails about from our losing control of corporations to vast inequalities in wealth.