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Reminder that at every level of government your vote is less powerful than someone in some crappy flyover backwater Kansas. They get more per Capita representa
by reddozen 2mo ago
Reminder that at every level of government your vote is less powerful than someone in some crappy flyover backwater Kansas.
They get more per Capita representation in the House, and electoral college.
- coldtea 2mo agoThat's by design, isn't it? It's supposed to be state representation, not per capita representation. The problem is that since the main government has amassed more and more power, instead of the main decisions being left to the states.
- estearum 2mo agoNo the problem is that the variance in state-to-state population has (and will continue) to grow.
- Terr_ 1mo agoAnother problem is that several "small" states can exploit their disproportionate power to pull up the ladder behind them, since any changes to state makeup have to pass the Senate.
- reddozen 1mo agoNo. The problem is crap states with uneducated populace. The "small government" argument falls apart quicker than the ultra libertarian arguments. Or actually you're right I should as an American citizen have to be versed in all the random arcane laws each individual state..no. Each individual COUNTY has instead of a common shared American values. God forbid someone play dominoes on Sunday in Alabama. The problem is the fragmented states where they can hide their corruption.
- duped 1mo agoJust because it's by design doesn't mean it's good
- watwut 1mo agoThe real reason is that city people dont count as real people the way rural people count.
- cma 2mo agoThey get a good bit more disproportionate per capita representation in the senate than in the house.