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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by felipemnoa on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:02PM (#20762335)
>>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 was all by design. The smaller states would not have joined the union if it mean that the bigger states would monopolize all the power.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by gnulinux on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:12PM (#20762448)
Yes but maybe we can reform the system to make US more democratic. This question is about why this has been this way, rather it's about whether it's worth to change it even it was originally justified. Are people in Wyoming willing to leave the union if their votes are exactly equal to Californians?
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by CompanionCuuube on Friday August 23, 2019 @03:13PM (#20781428)
And the other question: Are people in California willing to leave the union if their votes are not exactly equal to Wyoming's?
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