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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by dahfizz on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:22AM (#32413480)
They don't have nearly the same power on a federal level. But the people of Kansas do have some power, thanks to the Senate. New York has much more power in the House than Kansas.

Let me turn the questions around: how would it be fair for Kansas to have no power federally at all?

New York can pass laws about what happens in New York. But if New York wants to pass laws about what happens in Kansas, the people of Kansas deserve a voice.

States are independent political entities representing very different groups of people. The EU does the exact same thing as the US federal government. If you don't give smaller states some amount of power and respect, there is not reason for them to participate on your federation.

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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by skinnymuch on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:10PM (#32414357)
That is so over the top as is this whole senator stuff to say Kansas would have no power. As sibling says, it would be proportional at worse.

You know who actually has close to no power? Many, many other types of minorities across America. Yet these minorities are not cared about with retorts by you or the other person. It’s only about those farmers in Kansas

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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by p1esk on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:29AM (#32413614)
If we believe all people are equal, 40 people should have proportionally more power than 3 people. Roughly 13x more power. That's all I'm asking for.
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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by pauldenton on Thursday August 18, 2022 @03:51PM (#32514098)
Like they currently do. California has 52 seats. Kansas has 4.
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Re:Most Americans support using the popular vote to decide U... by divided on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:07PM (#32414321)
Saying Kansas having proportional power is “no power” is highly disingenuous. When you rephrase your question to something that isn’t clearly loaded with bias:

How would it be fair for Kansas to have power proportional to its population federally?

Well. That sounds like a very silly question, doesn’t it?

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