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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by hoorayimhelping on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @04:43PM (#20761567)
>For example: Right now in the US there are 2 senators from each state. California with a population of over 39 million has 2 senators, Alaska with a population around 700,000 also has 2 senators.

This is why we have the House of Representatives, which is based on population. California has 53 representatives, Alaska has one.

The original idea as I understand it, before the 17th amendment, was that the Senate was supposed to represent the interests of the states, hence two senators from each equally represented state. While the House was supposed to represent the interests of the residents of those states.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by chillwaves on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:29PM (#20762604)
It's still not proportional. Life the limit of Representatives in the house. It was passed by simple law, it can be repealed by simple law. Make it proportional and you will have an argument, though not a great one because the Senate has more power than the House based on judicial appointments alone.
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