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SixerHoo

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As JohnHoo points out below, many have already agreed to give up EC votes


via the interstate EC compact. Not a stretch to think they would do the same for senators. What would you think of having representation in the senate determined by relative population as follows:

States with populations under 50% of national average get 1 senator.
States with populations 50-100% of national average get 2.
States with populations 100-200% of national average get 3.
States with populations >200% of national average get 4.
No state gets more than 4.

This will never happen but it’s interesting to think about, and it still amplifies the power of tiny states like Wyoming.

(In response to this post by Tuckahokie)

Posted: 12/11/2020 at 11:29AM


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  26 states with only 17% of the US population elect the majority of senators -- SixerHoo 12/11/2020 11:04AM
  Get rid of gerrymandering and the EC and it becomes more palatable -- Capital City Hoo 12/11/2020 12:27PM
  I see it the other way around -- Faz d. Hoo 12/11/2020 12:41PM
  Basically same reason I'm ok with the Senate. my stance on the EC changed -- Capital City Hoo 12/11/2020 1:28PM
  I would like to change one thing about the EC..... -- Zhoo 12/11/2020 12:51PM
  The "state delegation" thing is terrible. I would accept most alternatives. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 12/11/2020 12:53PM
  I agree and the idea that the majority speaker -- Zhoo 12/11/2020 1:00PM
  Same is happening in house -- TomKazanski 12/11/2020 8:19PM
  The GOP in NC gets 9 out of 13 house seats with under 50% of the votes -- NJHoo 12/11/2020 12:32PM
  Some of this we are stuck with. We’re not going to amend these -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2020 12:04PM
  Paper is extremely inefficient, there is zero reason why we should be -- TomKazanski 12/11/2020 12:21PM
  Well, I have a open mind because I am not an expert by any stretch. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/11/2020 12:55PM
  Vote is person then and print a paper copy -- TomKazanski 12/11/2020 6:40PM
  Thats the only way to verify the computer actually works and -- Zhoo 12/11/2020 12:48PM
  Says the camp claiming that voting machines are changing votes. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/11/2020 12:26PM
  I have not said that -- TomKazanski 12/11/2020 12:44PM
  Those are all different things (edited) -- Beerman 12/11/2020 11:58AM
  Time for the great blue migration into the red states. ** -- walkthecorner 12/11/2020 11:35AM
  See Nevada and Arizona. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/11/2020 11:36AM
  Just need Texas! ** -- walkthecorner 12/11/2020 11:41AM
  Getting nervous? ** -- ryno hoo 12/11/2020 11:33AM
  Based on their actions to subvert voting I’d say that’s more a GOP thing. ** -- SixerHoo 12/11/2020 12:20PM
  About what ** -- WaxHoo 12/11/2020 11:44AM
  Broken beyond repair imo ** -- wahoo138 12/11/2020 11:26AM
  The system assume a world where interstate commerce was the exception, not -- Molina 12/11/2020 11:20AM
  Yes, this is our greatest challenge over the long haul. It is not in -- TomGlansAski 12/11/2020 11:15AM
  Will the small Blue States go along with the larger Blue States in changing -- Tuckahokie 12/11/2020 11:08AM
  Interesting question. It will come down to whether they see their interests -- SixerHoo 12/11/2020 11:19AM
  There's no such thing as a Blue State. But how about just redrawing some -- Seattle .Hoo 12/11/2020 11:16AM
  CT, RI, VT, DE, NM, HI have approved National Popular Vote Interstate -- JohnHoo2 12/11/2020 11:16AM

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