As any grade-schooler who’s studied the Constitution can tell you, the United States Senate is an abysmally unrepresentative body. California, the largest state, has 66 times the population of Wyoming, our smallest, yet both are entitled to the same number of senators: two. It’s a statistic that you’re already familiar with, on an intuitive level.
But here’s another way of thinking about the same problem that illustrates it even more vividly. The 48 members of the Democratic caucus in the Senate, in their most recent respective e******ns dating back to 2012, collectively earned 78.4 million v**es on their way to victory. Republicans, by contrast, won just 54.8 million v**es—even though there are 52 of them.
In other words, Senate Democrats have gotten more than 23.5 million more v**es than Republicans. In a head-to-head e******n, that would amount to a crushing 59-41 margin in percentage terms. But due to a grave injustice designed to perpetuate the power of s***e-holders that’s been perpetrated down the generations, the party that’s earned a massive majority of support from the American public is in the minority in the Senate.
Yes, the Constitution was designed this way, but it’s a bad design—one that leaves the country hostage to the views of a tyrannical minority. Combined with the similarly unrepresentative E*******l College and a House that’s been gerrymandered beyond recognition by Republicans, the GOP has an undemocratic hammerlock on America.
But, as you dig deep for the strength to fight this inequity each and every day, remember these numbers. For one thing, they drive Republicans absolutely nuts. Just as Donald Trump h**es hearing about how he lost the popular v**e, Republicans can’t stand being reminded that their hold on the Senate is due to a series of historical accidents that’s left them with a fraction of the public support Democrats enjoy.
And that’s the other thing to bear in mind: We’re the popular ones. We have to fight against an unjust system to make sure our voices are given their due, but there are more people on our side than theirs—and the v**es prove it.
boberic
Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
greymule wrote:
As any grade-schooler who’s studied the Constitution can tell you, the United States Senate is an abysmally unrepresentative body. California, the largest state, has 66 times the population of Wyoming, our smallest, yet both are entitled to the same number of senators: two. It’s a statistic that you’re already familiar with, on an intuitive level.
But here’s another way of thinking about the same problem that illustrates it even more vividly. The 48 members of the Democratic caucus in the Senate, in their most recent respective e******ns dating back to 2012, collectively earned 78.4 million v**es on their way to victory. Republicans, by contrast, won just 54.8 million v**es—even though there are 52 of them.
In other words, Senate Democrats have gotten more than 23.5 million more v**es than Republicans. In a head-to-head e******n, that would amount to a crushing 59-41 margin in percentage terms. But due to a grave injustice designed to perpetuate the power of s***e-holders that’s been perpetrated down the generations, the party that’s earned a massive majority of support from the American public is in the minority in the Senate.
Yes, the Constitution was designed this way, but it’s a bad design—one that leaves the country hostage to the views of a tyrannical minority. Combined with the similarly unrepresentative E*******l College and a House that’s been gerrymandered beyond recognition by Republicans, the GOP has an undemocratic hammerlock on America.
But, as you dig deep for the strength to fight this inequity each and every day, remember these numbers. For one thing, they drive Republicans absolutely nuts. Just as Donald Trump h**es hearing about how he lost the popular v**e, Republicans can’t stand being reminded that their hold on the Senate is due to a series of historical accidents that’s left them with a fraction of the public support Democrats enjoy.
And that’s the other thing to bear in mind: We’re the popular ones. We have to fight against an unjust system to make sure our voices are given their due, but there are more people on our side than theirs—and the v**es prove it.
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The reason for the disprity of the percentade of v**es by democrats can be explained by the concentration of Dems in the cites. Gerrymandering has been used by both parties. When ther were far more democrat governors they used gerrymandering to give them an avantage, now that there are more republic governors suddnly gerrymamdering is a bad thing. Whats sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander With regard to 2 senators per state. It's actually quite smart. It was designed to not give the large populations sway over the smaller states. The e*******l college was set up for the same reason. The founders were very much afraid of the tyranny of the majority. It's the reason we have a republic.
HEART
Loc: God's Country - COLORADO
greymule wrote:
As any grade-schooler whoâs studied the Constitution can tell you, the United States Senate is an abysmally unrepresentative body. California, the largest state, has 66 times the population of Wyoming, our smallest, yet both are entitled to the same number of senators: two. Itâs a statistic that youâre already familiar with, on an intuitive level.
But hereâs another way of thinking about the same problem that illustrates it even more vividly. The 48 members of the Democratic caucus in the Senate, in their most recent respective e******ns dating back to 2012, collectively earned 78.4 million v**es on their way to victory. Republicans, by contrast, won just 54.8 million v**esâeven though there are 52 of them.
In other words, Senate Democrats have gotten more than 23.5 million more v**es than Republicans. In a head-to-head e******n, that would amount to a crushing 59-41 margin in percentage terms. But due to a grave injustice designed to perpetuate the power of s***e-holders thatâs been perpetrated down the generations, the party thatâs earned a massive majority of support from the American public is in the minority in the Senate.
Yes, the Constitution was designed this way, but itâs a bad designâone that leaves the country hostage to the views of a tyrannical minority. Combined with the similarly unrepresentative E*******l College and a House thatâs been gerrymandered beyond recognition by Republicans, the GOP has an undemocratic hammerlock on America.
But, as you dig deep for the strength to fight this inequity each and every day, remember these numbers. For one thing, they drive Republicans absolutely nuts. Just as Donald Trump h**es hearing about how he lost the popular v**e, Republicans canât stand being reminded that their hold on the Senate is due to a series of historical accidents thatâs left them with a fraction of the public support Democrats enjoy.
And thatâs the other thing to bear in mind: Weâre the popular ones. We have to fight against an unjust system to make sure our voices are given their due, but there are more people on our side than theirsâand the v**es prove it.
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Your "tyrannical minority" of donkeycrats continue to lose - ups**t creek without a paddle. Fewer of 'em each year. Screwed up the country for the past 8 years. Wasserman-Schultz, gone; Brazille, gone; Reid, gone; - maybe you can hobble in and grab a seat before they're auctioned off? Six months ago I said you'd lose...and now you keep looking for your lost pie. Buck up; you've always been not just a loser, and a sore one as well.
Seems you don't know much about the founding fathers & the way the government was set up. Yes, the Senate has 2 Senators per State. The House, on the other hand, members are apportioned by population. So why would we have the same system for both houses ? That would be kind of redundant. Seems yu need an education on the way government works.
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