US Senate and Democratic Representation
“All of this is further exacerbated by the widening gap between populations and how they are represented in government. All states have two senators, which means that Wyoming, with a population of under six hundred thousand, has the same representation in the Senate as California, with a population of some forty million.
Or think about it this way: twenty-two states with a combined population that approximates California’s have forty-four of the seats in the Senate. The Founders believed that such a system would help prevent a tyranny of the majority, but in fact the country has ended up with something closer to a tyranny of the minority”
– The Bill of Obligations Richard Haass
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US Presidential Election Results
By Schmarrnintelligenz – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
- Democrats have won the popular vote and lost the electoral vote in 2000, 2004, and 2016.
- If the election was determined by popular vote the Democrats would have won every Presidential election since 1992 except 2004.
Electoral College Results
From The Week September 13, 2024 William Falk Editor-at-Large