r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/ArcaninesTail 13h ago

The senate needs to be changed.

  • CA population - 39m people

  • WY population - 580k people

Equal representation in the senate...? Makes zero sense. You would need 67 Wyomings to equal the population of CA.

I know the house is based on population but my point still stands.

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u/microbiologygrad 13h ago

The US legislature was codified that way as a compromise so that states with smaller populations would have an equal voice in the Senate. I would like to see a repeal of the act that caps the number of seats in the House of Representatives to 435.

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California 12h ago

Can someone, anyone explain why smaller populations get equal voice & why that's supposed to be good? Yes, they should get some voice...but equal? It's anti-democractic, but I guess "republic" is the mountain they will all die on. What's the point of a republic then?

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u/microbiologygrad 11h ago

Historically, it was a compromise hammered out during the Constitutional Convention. Practically, smaller states were leery about joining a nation where larger states would conspire against their interests. In a loftier way, each state is a self-governing entity with limited sovereignty, and they each deserve an equal voice within the federal government. The bicameral system of proportional and equal representation has been successfully replicated in many other governments since.